Spleen wort identified.

Posted on June 24, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Fern, Growing, identified, Learning, Life, Photo, Plant, spleen wort, Wall, Wikipedia4 Comments

Asplenium trichomanes, the maidenhair spleenwort, is a small fern in the spleenwort genus Asplenium. It is a widespread and common species, occurring almost worldwide in a variety of rocky habitats. It is a variable fern with several subspecies. The specific epithet trichomanes refers to a Greek word for fern.… Wikipedia

Scientific nameAsplenium trichomanes

Have you seen the little camera sign on your phone? I’ve only just found out about it. It’s on the top right of the Google search bar. I guess there are similar tools on other search engines and I am not advocating you use any of them. It is good to use something to identify things like plants. I saw this growing out of a wall today and I wanted to know what it was as I have different ferns growing out of my yard wall. I’m glad to extend my knowledge.

Poppy against a grey sky

Posted on May 26, 2024May 26, 2024 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged ArtRage app, Colour, Digital drawing, Grey sky, Life, Memory, Plant, Poppy art, Red petals, stemsLeave a comment

Artrage digital drawing. I saw some poppies against a grey sky and I decided to quickly draw a representation of the colours. Drawn using a stylus rather than a finger painting. I like the ways the stems aren’t always straight.

Star

Posted on May 24, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Allium, Blurred, Dorothy Clive garden, Flower, Image, lucky, Movement, Photo, Plant, Purple, star shapeLeave a comment

Photo of one part of an allium flower head that had opened up before the rest of it. I just managed to get a decent shot of it, I was shaking and the wind was blowing it about, I guess the movements cancelled each other out!

Coppery

Posted on May 18, 2024May 18, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Beauty, Dorothy Clive garden, Fibonacci, Leaves, Metallic, Plant, Sheen, Spiral, SucculentLeave a comment

Seen at the Dorothy Clive garden. In their new glass house. I love the metallic sheen on it and the spectacular spiral placement of the leaves. It probably links to a Fibonacci number. That’s a specific pattern of how spirals interact. Like the centers of sunflower heads.

Apple tree blossom

Posted on May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Apple, Apple tree, Blossom, Cold, Flowers, Insects, Neighbours, Plant, Pollenation, Time, Wet, WindyLeave a comment

Last year we got some blossom on our apple tree but very few fruit. This year despite cold wet and windy weather the tree is absolutely covered in blossom.

The tree is bent over and trained against our fence so our neighbours actually have more of the tree in their garden. I’m hoping the blossom gets pollenated but again I’ve seen very few insects because of the weather. Fingers are definitely crossed on this.

Artrage doodle

Posted on April 22, 2024 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, App, Artrage, Black, Doodle, Drawing, Experiment, Fern, Green, Grey, metallic pens, Plant, WhiteLeave a comment

Based on a fern plant. Just grey black, white and green using different pens in the Artrage app. Included a metallic background on this abstract drawing.

Mahonia

Posted on February 29, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Gardening, Hue, Life, mahonia, Plant, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, seasons, Spring, Summer, WinterLeave a comment

Mahonia with it’s spiky leaf

Tinged with winter frost

Brushed bronzes

Of Autumn colours

In the Spring.

But orange tints

will be replaced

As soon new life

Engulfs the place

Bright greens and pinks

Yellow flowers

Full of dew

Red, orange, blue

Then colours of

a summer hue..

Till autumn and then

winter comes

And the seasons round

Begins again.

Teasles

Posted on February 4, 2024February 4, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Environment, Life, Nature, Plant, Staffordshire wildlife Trust, Teasel, Wildlife, Wildlifetrusts.orgLeave a comment

The brown, oval, spiky seed heads of the teasel are a familiar sight in all kinds of habitats, from grassland to waste ground. They are visited by goldfinches and other birds, so make good garden plants. (from wildlifetrusts.org)

These were photographed at Westport lake yesterday.

Top of the Gingko

Posted on November 9, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, canopy, Eucalyptus, Gardening, Gingko, Leaves, Life, Plant, Tree4 Comments

I realised I’d taken a photo of the top of the tree too. It’s quite tall. A nice canopy, not spreading too far out, so beautiful and delicate.

As I say, I feel like ordering one. The neighbours might not appreciate it! It can go with the small Eucalyptus tree we have in the centre of the garden? I’ll see.

Lemon tree

Posted on October 17, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blue, Green, Growth, Lemon, lemon tree, Plant, Plant pot, potted on, Ripening, Supermarket, Yellow2 Comments

We have a lemon tree from the supermarket and after six months the lemon has grown and is turning yellow. There are a few more small lemons on the plant so once we pick this one they may start growing. It’s propped on the lip of the pot so it can catch the sun and get warmed by the radiator when it’s on.

The plant had to be potted on because it was root bound and it has grown really well with glossy green leaves. I like the texture of the lemon and leaves in my photo which I took from below to get a better view and catch the blue sky and dream catcher in the background.

Mallaband-Brown

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