Tag: spring
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Enjoying the transient beauty of flowers for health – Hanami at Elvaston Castle, Derbyshire
Enjoying the transient beauty of flowers. The Japanese have a word for it – Hanami, a delightful custom that is said to date to the eighth century but is most likely much earlier in homo sapiens history. At first Hanami in Japan was a celebration of the beauty of plum blossoms to wipe away the…
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Mistaking Autumn Crocus (Colchique d’automne) and Lily of the Valley (Muguet) for Wild Garlic (Ail des ours)
In a comment to my recent post on Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum), a reader, Marie-Noelle Chung helpfully drew my attention to the possibility and danger of confusing it with the poisonous Autumn Crocus (Colchicum autumnale) on which I posted earlier. By coincidence, when I took the photos of the wild garlic in early April 2024,…
Medicine Trees 