What's flowering as forage in your area

[Curly green fingers]

Even I know what a gean tree is - a wild cherry.

Well you learn something new every day,
It's like the other day some one said do you know what a Jilly is ?
A wall flower. Black country for wall flower.
No more Brexit sugar honey ice tea please

 

[For want of a better word]

Well you learn something new every day,
It's like the other day some one said do you know what a Jilly is ?
A wall flower.

A daffy dill* in these parts of Eastish Cornwall.. a Gillyflower....




*Millions rotting in the fields as all of the pickers have fled the county due to fears of Brexit!!!
God help us!!!!

 

[madasafish]

A daffy dill* in these parts of Eastish Cornwall.. a Gillyflower....




*Millions rotting in the fields as all of the pickers have fled the county due to fears of Brexit!!!
God help us!!!!

I believe Cornish Brexiteers use Remainers in pasties...

 

[For want of a better word]

I believe Cornish Brexiteers use Remainers in pasties...

No.... the Brexiteers will eat Humble Pie.... when the time comes

Let me put it this way I am not a UCARP supporter!!!


Probable get me banned now!!!

 

[Murox]

Can anyone identify this ?

Its coastal and around 8cm tall. Thanks in advance.

 

[Hivemaker.]

Looks like Coltsfoot.

 

[Murox]

I think you are right - I've never seen it in the wild before. Thank you.

 

[Tom Jay]

Entranced today at the sound! and sight of one of those very early decorative cherries - single and white - covered in honeybees and just a very few other pollinators. I was glad to see them flying back and forth in the direction of my hives some half a mile away. The tree was on the end of a roadside hedgerow no-where near gardens so at first I assumed blackthorn but it was not. No thorns, and no leaves opened yet whereas blackthorn opens leaves as the flowers blossom.

Extraordinary that cherry - wild and cultivated - has such a wide flowering period across its various varieties. Four months at least? Just begun and early in the North East. Gean cherry - we tend to call it bird cherry in these parts - not close to opening yet around here.

 

[TooBee...]

Enlighten Thee..is it those ***** pink petaled things that the wind blows everywhere which are a pain in the arse..or is it the Natural Wild cherry with no such drama ..?

Ahh, to be English not only do you have such a flowery language, you also have flowery pinky poo too, and I thought yellow bee poo super-glued to my windscreen was bad enough

 

[Tom Jay]

CORRECTION to my post two above. It's Cherry Plumb.
Pic:

 

[Repwoc]

CORRECTION to my post two above. It's Cherry Plumb.
Pic:

Is it made of lead?

 

[Newbeeneil]

Is it made of lead?

 

[DaveG23]

They are bringing in lots of gorse at the moment and smaller amounts of something bright yellow/lemon in colour, which is probably willow.

 

[Angry_Mob]

Spotted some on a sculpted shrub that we have, looks like Buxus Sempervirens aka box hedge. Pollen was a pale lime colour.

 

[Tom Jay]

Is it made of lead?

Hey I've laughed into tears mate.

 

[Tom Jay]

Today's sightings and I'll watch what my spell check does with them!
A winter honeysuckle bush, tatty al leaves and insignificant flowers full of bees, and scent!
Then forage for pollen from curly hazel.

(Tatty al being correct Tyneside speak for somewhat worn and torn you understand)

 

[Curly green fingers]

Spotted some on a sculpted shrub that we have, looks like Buxus Sempervirens aka box hedge. Pollen was a pale lime colour.

I didn't realize buxus flowered? It could be Japanese Holly ? It look very similar.

 

[Curly green fingers]

9c I've just walked around the common there's willow in full bloom and my girls are on them , the willow is 10/20 metres away from the hives.
It's ashame it's not 16c for a bit of nectar secretion.

 

[Murox]

9c I've just walked around the common there's willow in full bloom and my girls are on them , the willow is 10/20 metres away from the hives.
It's ashame it's not 16c for a bit of nectar secretion.

The willows near mine are only just starting to bud, its a cool 8-9C today. If the sun breaks through it may warm up a little more.

As Wiki states, Buxus is a genus of about 70 species in the family Buxaceae. Common names box or boxwood .

 

[Ian123]

I’ve just seen some laurel in flower, at home it’s still a little way off