What's Looking Good in April 2024

[Logan]

The hawthorn is out early this year.

 

[Tetters]

The hawthorn is out early this year.
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Now what's that a sign of Logan

 

[zigs]

 

[Tetters]

Ooh - that must be a St George's day cactus Zigs, it's a bit late for Easter flowering ennit!

 

[Logan]

Now what's that a sign of Logan

It's been a mild winter and spring for the blossom.

 

[Tetters]

It's been a mild winter and spring for the blossom.

The old wives tale is that you shouldn't take your vest off until the hawthorn blooms - maybe it'll get a bit warmer - hope so....... oh yes, and don't bring the blossom into the house, it will bring illness and death!!!!
Did you know that the fairies live under the hawthorn? It is supposed to be the gateway between the worlds

 

[Logan]

The old wives tale is that you shouldn't take your vest off until the hawthorn blooms - maybe it'll get a bit warmer - hope so....... oh yes, and don't bring the blossom into the house, it will bring illness and death!!!!

Yes i knew about that
Sometimes i still wear my woolly hat with the walks.

Did you know that the fairies live under the hawthorn? It is supposed to be the gateway between the worlds

No i didn't.

 

[zigs]

There's a Hawthorn in Glastonbury church yard that flowers at Christmas. Legend has it that it grew from the staff of Joseph of Aramathea (possibly Jesus's uncle?) who visited Somerset from The Holy Land on business.

It's been vandalised (once being cut down by the roundheads) a few times over the years but there has always been someone around the town who had a cutting to replace it with.

A blossom is cut and used to be given to the Queen every Christmas ( who didn't want it on account of it being unlucky).

When botanists had a closer look at it they worked out it was a variety from the Middle East.

Jesus may have visited Somerset as a child with his Uncle, this inspired a poem by William Blake best known as the song "Jerusalem" (And did those feet in ancient times, walk upon Englands mountains green")

I've seen this Hawthorn in flower in December, it looks like it would rather be somewhere a lot warmer.

 

[Tetters]

The song Jerusalem - for St George's day !

 

[lifegardener]

"San Diego Red" Bougainvillea blooming.

 

[zigs]

That's lovely Lifegardener

 

[zigs]

Stenocactus zacatecasensis

 

[Logan]

2 unknown Rhodies

 

[zigs]

Garlic woods

 

[Thame Gardener]

Good display this year, previous couple its not been so good, due to climate change.....