Stephen 🌱
@wollemia42.bsky.social
Love Natural History, Horticulture and Science. #pinksky
Betula utilis jaquemontii.
February 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Betula utilis jaquemontii.
Arbutus unedo fruits.
February 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Arbutus unedo fruits.
Snowdrops in parents garden.
February 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Snowdrops in parents garden.
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When the snow hit for one day last week, the Eucalyptus kyneanensis must have felt like it was back in the Snowy Mountains in SE Australia!
January 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
When the snow hit for one day last week, the Eucalyptus kyneanensis must have felt like it was back in the Snowy Mountains in SE Australia!
The Moon and Venus a couple of nights ago.
January 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Moon and Venus a couple of nights ago.
Someone's been busy...
January 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Someone's been busy...
Clematis 'Fond Memories' from a few years ago. I must get another as I lost this one. It's such a beauty.
December 15, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Clematis 'Fond Memories' from a few years ago. I must get another as I lost this one. It's such a beauty.
Two examples of pseudanthia from unrelated plants. Euphorbia and Curio (Senecio). Each structure is made up of several flowers.
In the Euphorbia, they are all male with a single female in the centre of each green and red structure. In the Curio, they they are all hermaphrodite flowers.
In the Euphorbia, they are all male with a single female in the centre of each green and red structure. In the Curio, they they are all hermaphrodite flowers.
December 4, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Two examples of pseudanthia from unrelated plants. Euphorbia and Curio (Senecio). Each structure is made up of several flowers.
In the Euphorbia, they are all male with a single female in the centre of each green and red structure. In the Curio, they they are all hermaphrodite flowers.
In the Euphorbia, they are all male with a single female in the centre of each green and red structure. In the Curio, they they are all hermaphrodite flowers.
December 4, 2024 at 10:34 AM
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I saw the Aurora for the first time this year.
I was lucky enough to see it twice, and both times it was simply an unforgettable experience.
The first was pink & green up in the Scottish Highlands.
The second was red & green at the Broadway Tower in the Cotswolds.
#aurora #landscape #photography
I was lucky enough to see it twice, and both times it was simply an unforgettable experience.
The first was pink & green up in the Scottish Highlands.
The second was red & green at the Broadway Tower in the Cotswolds.
#aurora #landscape #photography
November 30, 2024 at 3:33 PM
I saw the Aurora for the first time this year.
I was lucky enough to see it twice, and both times it was simply an unforgettable experience.
The first was pink & green up in the Scottish Highlands.
The second was red & green at the Broadway Tower in the Cotswolds.
#aurora #landscape #photography
I was lucky enough to see it twice, and both times it was simply an unforgettable experience.
The first was pink & green up in the Scottish Highlands.
The second was red & green at the Broadway Tower in the Cotswolds.
#aurora #landscape #photography
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The Lobelia aguana is still trying to bloom, but almost time for a move into the basement to see if I can overwinter it (haven't had a frost yet though). I'm surprised at how much growth it has put on since July, when it was just in a 4 in. pot. #GardensHour 🌱
November 25, 2024 at 9:57 PM
The Lobelia aguana is still trying to bloom, but almost time for a move into the basement to see if I can overwinter it (haven't had a frost yet though). I'm surprised at how much growth it has put on since July, when it was just in a 4 in. pot. #GardensHour 🌱
A magnificent and characterful Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) a few weeks ago before leaf drop.
December 1, 2024 at 10:05 PM
A magnificent and characterful Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) a few weeks ago before leaf drop.
Phalaenopsis sometimes produce plantlets off their flower spikes called a keiki. This one is on a plant my parents have.
December 1, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Phalaenopsis sometimes produce plantlets off their flower spikes called a keiki. This one is on a plant my parents have.
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I'm writing about late summer perennials. Today I happened to look up Henry Eilers, the man who brought us the wonderful, completely unique Rudbeckia submentosa 'Henry Eilers'. Seems he died just two weeks ago. A little late, but thank you, Henry. We love it. www.thejournal-news.net/stories/henr...
November 29, 2024 at 4:37 PM
I'm writing about late summer perennials. Today I happened to look up Henry Eilers, the man who brought us the wonderful, completely unique Rudbeckia submentosa 'Henry Eilers'. Seems he died just two weeks ago. A little late, but thank you, Henry. We love it. www.thejournal-news.net/stories/henr...
This is really worth a watch. A brilliant and succinct synopsis.
youtu.be/mDAabvMH3uQ?...
youtu.be/mDAabvMH3uQ?...
History Will Not Forget
YouTube video by TheThinkingAtheist
youtu.be
November 28, 2024 at 7:46 PM
This is really worth a watch. A brilliant and succinct synopsis.
youtu.be/mDAabvMH3uQ?...
youtu.be/mDAabvMH3uQ?...
This shrubby Lonicera has never looked prettier.
November 28, 2024 at 1:01 PM
This shrubby Lonicera has never looked prettier.
Frosty ferns at work earlier this morning.
November 28, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Frosty ferns at work earlier this morning.
Mossy understorey at Kielder Forest. I took the photo a couple of years ago.
November 26, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Mossy understorey at Kielder Forest. I took the photo a couple of years ago.
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‘Sweet Pretty’ (Meiguimov) scented shrub rose. Began flowering here (south coast England) 15 May, still flowering 26 November.
Bees & beneficial insects love her.
Hope you’re safe & dry. Take care, have a good day.
Flooding a tragedy for so many. #roses 🌱
Bees & beneficial insects love her.
Hope you’re safe & dry. Take care, have a good day.
Flooding a tragedy for so many. #roses 🌱
November 26, 2024 at 10:24 AM
‘Sweet Pretty’ (Meiguimov) scented shrub rose. Began flowering here (south coast England) 15 May, still flowering 26 November.
Bees & beneficial insects love her.
Hope you’re safe & dry. Take care, have a good day.
Flooding a tragedy for so many. #roses 🌱
Bees & beneficial insects love her.
Hope you’re safe & dry. Take care, have a good day.
Flooding a tragedy for so many. #roses 🌱
As lovely as the Blue Atlas Cedar is in the next door garden to my parents, it is getting rather large now. Mum is always complaining about it casting shade, which is more obvious with winter sun. Lovely tree though.
November 26, 2024 at 10:24 AM
As lovely as the Blue Atlas Cedar is in the next door garden to my parents, it is getting rather large now. Mum is always complaining about it casting shade, which is more obvious with winter sun. Lovely tree though.
My Pomegranate that I grew from seed during lockdown. This was about six weeks ago, foliage turns a lovely gold before falling (second pic).
November 24, 2024 at 10:53 PM
My Pomegranate that I grew from seed during lockdown. This was about six weeks ago, foliage turns a lovely gold before falling (second pic).
The conifer Sciadopitys verticillata has interesting foliage. What appears to be a single leaf is in fact two stuck together. This one was a present to me from work colleagues 💚
#sciadopitys
#sciadopitys
November 24, 2024 at 10:42 PM
The conifer Sciadopitys verticillata has interesting foliage. What appears to be a single leaf is in fact two stuck together. This one was a present to me from work colleagues 💚
#sciadopitys
#sciadopitys
I miss my cat Gandalf. He was such a character. 17 years of what I hope was as good a life as I could give him.
November 24, 2024 at 10:34 PM
I miss my cat Gandalf. He was such a character. 17 years of what I hope was as good a life as I could give him.