Ilkeston - Colours Of Spring
w/e 23 April 2023
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300
We can expect many brightly
coloured plants during the summer months and autumn is renowned
for its golds and browns as the leaves start to turn but it's
the colours of spring after the oft times drab months of winter
that are most welcome. First we have the white of snowdrops followed
closely by a variety of crocuses and golden daffodils. Now bluebells
are starting to follow but here are a few more seen this week.
Some trees are already turning various shades of green whilst
others are still sporting white blossom like here on Chaucer
Old Park.
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It's pink blossom elsewhere.
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And there's also a deeper shade of pink.
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This magnolia tree is veering towards purple.
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We took a walk along the Erewash Canal where the green of the
grass was interspersed, like may other open spaces, with flecks
of yellow wildflowers.
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We thought all the yellow flowers were dandelions ....
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.... but a closer look showed that a lot of them could actually
be coltsfoot. These are a relative of daisies, dandelions and
sunflowers and are very similar to the dandelion but with a much
rounder middle. They are loved by bees.
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The canal walk did reveal some more blossom - white on blackthorn
bushes.
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And cream on laurel - this apparently is known as cherry laurel.
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But it was the yellow wildflowers that were the most prominent
and whether it's the dandelion or coltsfoot species, they'll
all soon be turning to clocks and spreading their seeds everywhere.
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