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There are already so many pictures about raps plants uploaded - but not from everybody. Today It's my turn.:))
Some people say they can't grow dill, but it seems I can't not grow dill. I didn't plant any this spring, and yet my garden is full of dill. It's even growing up between the patio stones at the back of the house. Not that I mind, since I love the smell of the herb, because it reminds me of my mother's chicken soup, which she always cooked with lots of dill.
Last year I did sow some dill in the garden, and after the plants came up I noticed a couple of green and black and yellow caterpillars one day. Unfortunately, they were gone by the next day, before I remembered to take a picture of them. So this year, when I saw all that dill growing in the garden, I looked every day for the caterpillars. Finally last week, I saw one just as I was about to give up the search and go in the house. Of course, I ran back into the house for my camera and tripod and took lots of photos.
What's so special about these caterpillars? They turn into a gorgeous butterfly called Papilio polyxenes, otherwise known as Black Swallowtail. Dill is one of the favorite host plants for this butterfly. If you're growing dill in your garden, look to see if you've got any of these caterpillars. I'll add a shot of the butterfly in the first comment section.
These trees stand in St Fagans National History Museum. Winter 2014 has been the wettest winter on record and has probably contributed to the moss.
Canon EOS 6D - f/5.6 - 1/250sec - 100mm - ISO 400
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- Sorbus aucuparia, commonly called rowan and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family.
S. aucuparia has a slender trunk with smooth bark, a loose and roundish crown, and its leaves are pinnate in pairs of leaflets on a central vein with a terminal leaflet.
It blossoms from May to June in dense corymbs of small yellowish white flowers and develops small red pomes as fruit that ripen from August to October and are eaten by many bird species.
- De wilde lijsterbes (Sorbus aucuparia) is een zeer winterharde boom uit de rozenfamilie.
De witte bloemen verschijnen in mei in talrijke schermen van wel 15 centimeter in doorsnee. Ze ruiken erg onaangenaam.
Na de bloei ontstaan de bessen die bij de soort oranjerood zijn. Ze worden naast lijsters ook graag door andere vogels gegeten.