Love your picture! It reminds me when I was a kid before leaving Portugal which is my native country and where there were many of those thorny plants! I wouldn't go too close though;o) Thanks for sharing;o)
Hello Mildred. Gorse always seems exotic - even when it is ordinary and everyday. The colour is bold and it smells like coconut sunblock in the summer! Instant holiday atmosphere.
Hello Toffeeapple. I don't know if it's a scientific fact that gorse is always in flower but there's quite a lot round here and there do seem always to be gorse flowers. Not that each, separate bush flowers non-stop. I don't know how they decide between them which will maintain the show from month to month!
Hello Country Mouse and Pat. I hadn't realised gorse isn't everywhere. Silly, I know - but while it's obvious why some plants might be very localised, others just seem so . . . so . . . universal. Not that gorse grows in any old place even here but I think everyone knows about it.
I love it - and you have given me reason to do a Loose and Leafy post on it some time!
Love your picture!
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me when I was a kid before leaving Portugal which is my native country and where there were many of those thorny plants! I wouldn't go too close though;o)
Thanks for sharing;o)
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Is it true that gorse is always in bloom?
ReplyDeleteHello Mildred. Gorse always seems exotic - even when it is ordinary and everyday. The colour is bold and it smells like coconut sunblock in the summer! Instant holiday atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteHello Toffeeapple. I don't know if it's a scientific fact that gorse is always in flower but there's quite a lot round here and there do seem always to be gorse flowers. Not that each, separate bush flowers non-stop. I don't know how they decide between them which will maintain the show from month to month!
Thanks for your response Lucy.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of it but now I know what it looks like. I didn't know it smelled so nice either :O)
ReplyDeleteI've NEVER heard of this before. thanks!
ReplyDeleteHello Country Mouse and Pat. I hadn't realised gorse isn't everywhere. Silly, I know - but while it's obvious why some plants might be very localised, others just seem so . . . so . . . universal. Not that gorse grows in any old place even here but I think everyone knows about it.
ReplyDeleteI love it - and you have given me reason to do a Loose and Leafy post on it some time!
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