Saturday, 3 January 2026

 

 A frozen pond this morning after a sub-zero night. Snow is forecast but the white blobs in the foreground are Snowberries not snow i.e. the (inedible) fruit of Symphoricarpos alba
 This vigorous suckering shrub hails from North America but there's a lot of it over here. Shade tolerant it was used in woods and plantations as a cover for game birds and sometimes as hedging though it forms a dense thicket rather than a shapely hedge.