Cherry Plum is in blossom as noted in my last entry but not a lot else is flowering as yet. Celandines and Dog Violets are appearing here and there. And the green shoots of Dog's Mercury are sprouting en masse in the woods. The cold winter has meant that spring flowers are not appearing unseasonably early which has often been the case in recent times. 

 But it's coming, case in point Spurge Laurel as seen above. Daphne laureola is a shrub of open woodlands and hedgerows on chalky soil. Actually it's not a Spurge or a Laurel but resembles both so Spurge Laurel is an apt description.