Showing posts with label Blackthorn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blackthorn. Show all posts

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Spring Flowers

A few recent floral shots:-

Violet:


Primrose:


Three-cornered Leek:


Cuckoo Flower:



Blackthorn (I think):


Cherry blossom:


Daffodil:


Forget-me-not:


Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Spring Flowers

On Sunday, I took a walk down through Singleton Park. The Botanical Gardens were brightened on this lovely spring day by this splendid show of Primulas:


There were still plenty of daffodils in bloom:


Summer Snowflake:


Further down the park, in the Ornamental Gardens, some native Bluebells (as well as the larger Spanish Bluebells) were coming into bloom, including this pink variant:


Most of the usual blue flowers were barely opening:


A more unusual white bloom:


These small pink flowers adorning a tree caught my eye as they were backlit by the late afternoon sun:


I liked the effect of the sun shining through this leaf against the dark background:


I continued down to the seafront, where I found the dunes alive with Dandelions. The headland known as 'The Mumbles' can be seen in the background:


Yet more backlighting, this time on Blackthorn blossom:


Finally, a large clump of daffodils planted by the roadside: