A glance out of the window reveals one overflying heron, one goldfinch on a bush, and a couple of orange tip butterflies, which seem plentiful this year.
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Fothergilla
From the USA, this acid-loving shrub fothergilla gardenii (Dwarf Witchalder)has small bottle-brush tassels. Who, I wonder, was Mr. Fothergill? He was John Fothergill, (8 March 1712 – 26 December 1780) whose botanic garden in Upton (West Ham) rivalled those in Chelsea and Oxford.
A glance out of the window reveals one overflying heron, one goldfinch on a bush, and a couple of orange tip butterflies, which seem plentiful this year.
A glance out of the window reveals one overflying heron, one goldfinch on a bush, and a couple of orange tip butterflies, which seem plentiful this year.
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