A female blackcap (munk) feeding on ripe elderberries (svarthyll; Sambucus nigra). With no heavy frosts so far well into November, two flower clusters have appeared on the tree! […]
Birds / Fruit
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Waxwings everywhere
Part of the biggest flock of waxwings (sidensvans) in the garden today, around 350 birds!….seriously distracted all day by these photogenic arctic “parrots”! Feeding on yew (barlind), hawthorn […]
Berries
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Elderberries are ripe
Sambucus nigra “Samyl” is a new Danish variety of elderberry / svarthyll. It is very productive, the earliest elderberry I’ve grown (they are marginal here), hardy and it […]
Birds
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Waxwings on elderberry
A flock of some 100 waxwings / sidensvans were feeding this morning on elderberries /svarthyll in the garden! Enjoy! Post Views: 118
Berries
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Elderberry harvest
10 years ago, I wouldn’t have believed it was possible to harvest elderberries here, but with the new Danish cultivars which are both early, hardy and with large […]
Annuals / Edimentals / Perennials
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Garden pictures 24th-25th September 2016
A collection of pictures from last weekend in the garden! Post Views: 170
Berries
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Berries 17th October 2015
Sambucus nigra cultivars “Samyl” and “Samnor” – Ripe elderberries were impossible here until these new Danish cultivars arrived…ripe even in a bad summer! Otherwise: Aralia cordata (Udo) and […]