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Another irruptive arrival this winter that I thought I'd never see. A small flock "attacked" my Vibernum repeatedly and it appears they intend to strip it of every berry. Unfortunate backgrounds though, it's a very dense bush and I spent several hours waiting for someone to go after anything that had a halfway decent clear background.
A first sighting for me and photographed (using my phone camera) on a table leg outside our village pub - it had probably just dropped in for a pint.
The UK's largest resident Hawk-moth, with a 9 - 12cm wingspan. Pink and black striped abdomen and hind wings; these are not always visible and the strength of the pink varies.
Flies at night and is attracted to light, feeds on nectar from highly-scented flowers. Freshly emerged adults can sometimes be found resting vertically (e.g. on tree trunks and fence posts).
Larva July-September. Magnificent bright green caterpillar has white and purple stripes and a black curved tail. Overwinters as pupa, 30cm or more underground. The food plants are privet, lilac, Guelder-rose, Holly, Honeysuckle, Snowberry, Vibernum tinus, Forsythia and Spirea. and young ash saplings.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Thirty eight metres at 07:58am on a cold but bright morning on Wednesday 12th May 2021, off Chessington Avenue in Bexleyheath, Kent.
Here we see a juvenile Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), sunning itself in a Vibernum Burkwoodii bush having been brought down this morning by parents from their nests up on the house chimney stacks. Starlings are Passerines and often found in noisy flocks where squabbling and stealing food from one another are common traits. They run along the ground and are capable of mimicking many sounds around them and despite being a common sight in UK gardens, their decline elsewhere sees them on the red conservation list.
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We call it "Snowball" here in Austria. It`s growing in my garden and it`s a really big bush. and this is the top of it.
Just white, blue and green ... so simple!
Painted Lady, vanessa cardui, on vibernum at Styal . Carried out my annual count for butterfly conservation today . Was pleased to find this Painted Lady along with a good number of Holly Blues . This species can not survive the British winter, the UK population is renewed in spring by immigration from Southern Europe .
Charles Lamont - A sister seedling to V. x bodnantense 'Dawn'.
Habit is upright-spreading with stiff, coarse branching. Grows 10-12' tall and about 2/3 as wide.
Flowers are slightly larger and a brighter pink than 'Dawn' and have yellow anthers. Flowers at a very young age and thought to be more free flowering. The leaves are also larger than that of 'Dawn'.
And ... oh a non sequitur here ... I watched Diane Morgan in a new programme here as 'Mandy', hilarious as ever! 😁
Arrangement for Christmas - rowan, holly, vibernum, arbutus, choysia, rosemary, box - all from my garden
every day if you pay attention. I was following this flock of Cedar Waxwings around after they had eaten their fill of Vibernum berries. I followed them to a little stream on the edge of the woods hoping to get a shot of them drinking. Then I noticed a half dozen or so fluttering at a clump of trees. Initially I assumed there must be some insects,
although it's still a bit cold and I've only seen a few here and there. After watching for a while I convinced myself it couldn't be bugs they were after. When they finished I went over to the trees to take a closer look--ah ha--it was maple syrup! (Well technically sap)And yes I tasted it and it was very sweet :)) It's maple syrup season in New Hampshire now, the sap is running now that the nights are cold and the days warmer. The ice storm damaged quite a few trees so any with breaks are leaking sap. The dark area on this branch is all sap.
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snowball vibernum lit up with two color changing leds
if you have access to a snowball vibernum you have to try this, the effect is so beautiful in real life.
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Common name: Common Lantana, {Samballei, Nongballei, Thirei} (Manipuri), Raimuniya राईमुनिया (Hindi), Unnichedi உன்னிச்செடி (Tamil), {Tantani तणतणी, Ghaneri घाणेरी} (Marathi)
Botanical name: Lantana camara
- [ (lan-TAN-uh) or (lan-TAY-nuh) ancient Latin name for a Vibernum species; (kuh-MAR-uh) a south American vernacular name for a species of Lantana ]
Family: Verbenaceae (verbena family)
- [ (ver-be-NAY-see-ay) the Verbena (vervain) family ]
Origin: Tropical and sub-tropical regions of America
It was an early introduction elsewhere in the tropical world, where it soon escaped the confines of gardens and became a weed. L. camara is a prickly shrub, about 3-6 ft in height, with ovate rough leaves and almost continuous displays of blooms that appear as clusters made up of tiny florets. Orange or red-orange are the commonest colours, but there are cultivars with larger white, pink, or lemon-yellow flowers. People like having Lantana in a garden because of the pungent smell of the leaves, and appreciate the reliable display of bright flowers.
In Thailand, several colours are sometimes grafted onto a single trunk and the result trained into a standard. Lantana always prefers full sun and well-drained soil. Propagation is by air-layering or from woody cuttings.
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Note: Identification attempted; may not be accurate.
www.fbdesign.com.au P34 Hand tied posy bouquet of ivy and, vibernum foliage with white asiatic lilies,Advance and Alexsis Roses with mauve tulips