Hedgerow Update

The autumn hedgerow isn’t as lush or dense as its summer counterpart, but there’s fruit for the picking and sumptuous, comforting colour.

We’re at the tail end of the blackberry season, but the elderberries are only just ripening….whilst the hawthorn berries look so festive, they seem to have brought Christmas early.

As the last flowers of the year flaunt their beauty, next year’s blossoms are already in the making….the buds on the rhododendrons round and plump.

Seed heads scatter their hope on the breeze as the same wind brings leaves tumbling from the trees….down onto the now-brown bracken, the shrivelled stems of the nettles and the vibrant russet red of the rosebay willowherb foliage.

Some plants are withdrawing, some are already asleep. Those that are left are behaving with wild abandon, as late partygoers so often do.

P.S.  Today I'm taking part in Mosaic Monday, hosted by Mary at Little Red House.  Why not pop on over and take a look at some of the other lovely mosaics you'll find links to there?

Comments

[helen]

It is so good to see so many plant friends still holding on...it makes it that much shorter a time to when we start greeting them back again! I love your mosaic Helen, especially the glowing beech (?) leaf. I would like to take part in that soon. I was out picking hawberries in the late evening sun earlier today....the light, the blue of the sky and the stillness was pure joy~making.
Blessed be
H x x x

[Tracy]

Surprisingly LOTS of finds still despite time of year--VERY impressive! And very lovely... *sigh*... Happy Days, Helen :o) ((HUGS))

[Becky]

Sumptuous...the perfect word of description...we hardly ever stop to actually enjoy the glory of these beautiful plants!!!

[jeand]

These photographs are stunning. They prove that there is beauty to be seen in the most unexpected places - you just need to look hard enough.

[Pondside]

Our berries are all finished for the season, but I am already looking forward to next year. From reading blogs I'd become determined to have Elderberries and Goose berries - so I've planted both this year and can't wait to see how they do in our Pacific northwest climate.

[Jamie]

I'm loving these mosaics of yours...