Following on from this mornings autumnal post and my autumnal comments (https://davidoakesimages.wordpress.com/2014/08/23/seasons-change-sometimes-faster-than-we-want/); hiding away in a corner of our garden, is a plant that is much more at home in the wilds, usually at the bottom of a hedge or dark corner of the woods. It is the Arum Maculatum(i) – more commonly know as Lords and Ladies or Cuckoo Pint. It has grown from a seed, most likely from a birds droppings, and for the past few years remaining undisturbed has grown into quite a sizeable plant. A gardener would pull this out but we haven’t the heart to destroy such a flamboyant survivor…..but it fruiting is just one more sign that the natural cycle is turning and autumn is on the way.
23rd August
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