eight kinds of red things in my garden

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

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rowan berries

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beauty of bath apples

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and wasp-eaten windfalls

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guelder rose berries (poisonous!)

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rose-scented geranium flowers

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

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honeysuckle berries

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and ladybirds

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

3 Comments

  1. Ladybugs are awesome, but wasps don’t get much credit and they’re actually very beneficial. They’re good about eating grubs and other harmful pests, though.

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