melvynprentice
Freelance Horticulturalist working in the Private Sector. Passionate about the countryside and common sense conservation.
Freelance Horticulturalist working in the Private Sector. Passionate about the countryside and common sense conservation.
Late Summer 2016
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Late Summer 2016
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petunialady
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Sorbus koehneana full of berries today. Very warm summers day but berries remind me of autumn. Nature feeling confused #white #berries
That's something I've noticed too. All my Rowan trees are already laden with berries and ripened red. I cannot recall this happening in August before. Pyracantha & cotoneasters all laden with ripe berries already. Folklore says it's the sign of a harsh winter and making enough food to keep the wildlife alive. We'll see 🤔
Hope that piece of folklore is incorrect. Another theory is that plants produce more berries after a prolonged dry summer in order that if parent plant dies there is a seed bank for new plants to germinate and grow @angipangi
That theory would be fine down with you but up here it's barely stopped raining for the last 6 months. We'll just have to wait and see but I'm half hoping there's a good spell of frost because I think we need to kill off some of the garden pests and diseases that always seem worse after a mild winter.
Iam with you on that one @angipangi
#autumniscoming #sorbus #collage