Saturday, 4 September 2021

 

 We are entering the season of autumn colour. We've had plenty of rain so there's still plenty of greenery. The "fall" is ahead of us but the intense hues of ripened fruits are shining brightly. Case in point Lords and Ladies aka Cuckoopint (Arum maculatum) forms a spike of bright red berries.
 NB I use the terms fruit and berry in the botanical sense: a mature, ripened ovary and its contents.  They may or may not be edible where humans are concerned. Arums for example are poisonous.