Month: December 2008

  • Ash twigs

    ‘The ash’s branches grow upward, dipping down towards their ends but then rising once more so that their tips reach toward the sky. The buds of the ash are its most distinctive parts. They are sooty black, covered in hairs, and have s phallic appearance. As the sap rises in spring, ash buds begin to…

  • Winter Heliotrope

    Although this plant is a pest in the garden it smells very sweet in the winter sunshine – on a December morning there was a bee at work on this clump of flowers. Status: a naturalised garden escape.