Flowers and plants – Page 25 – Jill Orme Photography

19 Apr 2020

Spotlit

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Overnight I found myself pondering ways in which I could rapidly improve the environment around the wild pond, and making a mental list of plants I could move from their present homes. This morning I lifted a large clump of … Continued

18 Apr 2020

Honesty

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

When the rain finally cleared this afternoon I went for a squelch round the garden with the camera. Nothing was looking especially lovely in the murky light, but of the few photos I took this is my favourite. When we … Continued

17 Apr 2020

Lacy

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

The weather has turned today: it was chilly and overcast this morning, and wet this afternoon – which to be honest I don’t mind, because the garden needs it, and it saves me from putting on the sprinkler. I managed … Continued

16 Apr 2020

Mourning

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Wasps, Worcestershire | 0

I love it when a plan comes together. The pond plants I ordered before Easter came from a local grower, who sends them out bare-rooted. I was able to buy planting baskets and liners from the same source, but I … Continued

14 Apr 2020

Speckled Wood

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Butterflies, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

I was stalking a tiny and uncooperative Holly Blue around the garden with a long lens this afternoon, when I was distracted by some butterflyish fluttering up in the top of the weeping pear tree. It took me a while … Continued

10 Apr 2020

Tawny

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

I wouldn’t normally try to photograph a small bee with a long lens, except for recording purposes, and I only used the big gear today because the solitary bees were being more skittish than usual, and I was trying to … Continued

9 Apr 2020

Cambrian poppy

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

One of the colourful pleasures of spring in our garden is the orange Cambrian poppy that grows on the top of the yard wall. Because the wall is nearly six feet tall it’s not the easiest thing to photograph, so … Continued

6 Apr 2020

Tree bee

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

Today the invertebrate explosion I’ve been waiting for finally happened, and suddenly the garden was busy with bees and hoverflies. It wasn’t a great day for macro photography though, with a brisk wind blowing, and scudding clouds crossing the sun … Continued

5 Apr 2020

Peacock

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

Having worked myself to a standstill yesterday, I’d expected to be able to sit in the garden today in the promised warm sunshine, sipping an Aperol spritz and admiring my handiwork. Sadly it turned out to be overcast for much … Continued

4 Apr 2020

Aucuba

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I spent the afternoon gardening (eeeurgh), clearing the large rose bed of barrow-loads of geum, couch grass, goosegrass, and herb robert, as well as the bramble, ivy, and self-sown saplings that are an inevitable problem in a large, wooded garden. … Continued

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