The churchyard wall at St Helen’s Church is the home for many plants. In the first picture the purple flowers of woody nightshade are followed by red berries.
From underneath the concrete cap that protects the brick wall from the weather a bushy plant has taken root and grown.
Ferns grow from small cracks … There seems no end to what nature can grow on the dry landscape of this churchyard wall.
Ox Eye Daisies seem to be doing particularly well this year – whether you go out along the river towards Swift Ditch…
or out near the new canal cut (at Jubilee Junction).
After the cold spell in December the winter has been mild…
Winter Aconites have been out for quite some time. These ones are in the Abbey Garden.
A few feet away the snow drops are growing tall.
And catkins on the Ock Valley Walk will soon be at full stretch. Their pollen will be carried on the wind to the smaller red flowers at the top of the catkins on nearby trees.
Valentine’s Day at Fabulous Flowers.