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I've posted these before, but there are a bunch of flowers in here.
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I oughtta show you my dad's orchid collection...

Like the sunflower shot, rk - it's like they're all dozing but one has heard you, and is saying '...and what exactly do you think you're doing??'

Well put... I had been caught.

We've only lived in our current house for the last 7 years, but some of the trees and shrubs go back over 100 years. I thought the following pictures might illustrate how one particular plant has established itself.

I'll start with a clue as to its age - here is the stem, and a close up of some of its flowers:

A bit of a giveaway that it's a clematis, but maybe not how it has climbed over the years, as the next two pictures will show (the second being a close up of the bunch of flowers to the left and top) :


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The fir tree in which the clematis has established itself must be around 50 feet high and each year the clematis gets a little closer to the top!

Another view from a different angle:

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..and, on a slightly different note, the Horse Chestnut looks great this year, so deserved a photo (a suggestion of a plentiful supply of conkers in the autumn!):

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these pics are gorgeous. i am almost drunk with flower fumes. :drunk:

Time to get you drunk again!

Heavy rains the last couple of weeks, but the Hawthorn, or May blossom managed to survive. This year it's very abundant - looks more like snow covering the trees than the small Hawthorn flowers - these two pictures were taken on The Drive which is a side road by Headle Court:

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UPdated map to show where the hawthorn trees are:

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Trivia time:

Name the fruit of the hawthorn tree.

The Scarlet Letter and House of Seven Gables. :D

A copy of the post from my early Father's Day thread.
Sorry they are links and not pics, but they are very large.
First pics with my new camera.

I took these at Longwood Gardens. Unfortunately, I have to use a flash since any attempt to use the indoor lighting at night requires me to hold the camera very steady. Longwood has a policy of not allowing tripods except during certain hours.