eight kinds of red things in my garden

I did a count today of red things in the garden; field poppies – uncountable. so perhaps groups of red things would be better.

rowan berries

beauty of bath apples

and wasp-eaten windfalls

guelder rose berries (poisonous!)

rose-scented geranium flowers

white bryony berries. this is a member of the tropical gourd family, the only British one, and all parts of it are poisonous.

honeysuckle berries

and ladybirds

after an aphid infested spring, suddenly there are huge influxes of ladybirds, migrating from Europe. also masses of lacewings and hey presto, no greenfly.