Category: Plants

Photographs showing all sorts of plants

Frozen red

Frozen red

[dot_recommends] Red berries – perhaps a sort of rosehip – in an ornamental bush in a front garden near the Botanical gardens.

Hedge up close

Hedge up close

[dot_recommends] In the winter sun the bare branches and twigs of this hedge in Old Lundby take on a red hue.

Winter oak tracery

Winter tracery

[dot_recommends] Winter has bared the trees to expose their skeletons. These oaks trace doodle-lines against the sky.

Flat Christmas trees

Flat Christmas trees

For compact living? [dot_recommends] I’m guessing these trees didn’t grow like this but froze while flattened under others and haven’t yet unfrozen enough to open out. I’m guessing!

Frozen reeds reaching

Frozen reeds

Contrast of a bank of reeds, frozen and backlit by the sun against the dark wall of a forest across the lake. … Continue readingFrozen reeds

Frosted bayleaves

Frosted bayleaves

[dot_recommends] Another one from the archives. In November 2011, a sudden frost outlines the leaves of the bay hedge in Trädgårdsföreningen’s rose garden.

Drift of autumn leaves

A drift of autumn leaves

[dot_recommends] It’s been so dull recenty – and again today – I thought I’d brighten things up with this from November 2011.