Oxford Botanic Garden - May 2021

With the relaxation of Covid restrictions, Friends of the Botanic Garden are now admitted without having to pre-book. Even so, on a cloudy and cool May day there weren't many people there.

There had been some recent rain, and droplets were still lodged in the seedhead of this Pasque Flower:

Pasque flower seedsPasque flower seeds

This flower is Vestia foetida, a member of the Solanaceae family which also contains potatoes and tomatoes among many others.

Fern fronds look so elegant in spring when they are unfurling:

The next photo shows a close-up detail of the leaf of a Yellow-horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum). The drops of rain act as little lenses, magnifying the hairs under them.

Leaf of Yellow-horned Poppy

The colour and texture on this tree bark are rather nice:

Here's a patch of Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum)

I like the patterns that the branches and leaves of this Phellodendron chinense make against the sky:

The apple trees are in blossom; this is Mallus domestica 'Red Windsor'.

And finally, here's a patch of Cowslips (Primula veris):