Common Gorse bloom on the Orme 🌼 Gorse is a very hardy evergreen shrub that thrives in late winter and spring. It’s very vivid in colour and very spiky.
The Orme, Llandudno
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Common Gorse bloom on the Orme 🌼 Gorse is a very hardy evergreen shrub that thrives in late winter and spring. It’s very vivid in colour and very spiky.
The Orme, Llandudno
Common Gorse - Tojo-arnal (Ulex europaeus)
Lisbon/Portugal (24/02/2026)
[Nikon D7100; AF 105mm Micro-Nikkor F2,8]
common gorse
April 2021
Common Gorse - Tojo-arnal (Ulex europaeus)
Lisboa/Portugal (14/02/2024)
[Nikon Coolpix P900; 50mm; 1/80s; F6,3; 100 ISO]
And now she's high upon the down,
Alone amid a prospect wide;
There's neither Johnny nor his horse,
Among the fern or in the gorse;
There's neither doctor nor his guide.
— William Wordsworth
Can almost smell springtime on the air!
Spiders and mites on gorse
Spiders and mites on gorse
Gorse is beautiful plant, although best viewed from a distance, rather than walked through, as it is incredibly spiny and prickly. The sharp spines are, however, a tremendous advantage if you are small enough to live within their protection. It is also a plant that is remarkably variable in terms of its flowering period and duration – some plants remaining in flower for up to six months – so it…
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Common gorse on Amrum. This one was quite difficult to identify, because I’ve never seen it before. It doesn’t grow in the Czech Republic, where I come from. But I really fancy these yellow blossoms among with the spines.