Daffodils in Thompson’s Park
Monday was St David’s Day – the national day of Wales – and it is not complete without daffodils so I went to Thompson’s Park to see what I could find. Here are my pictures from a half-hour afternoon walk in early spring sunshine…
The old oak tree I followed in 2016
Naturalised daffodils on a bank
Tree on the edge of the top field…
…and another one
Youthful dawn redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Purple crocus fading fast
White crocus
I think this is Leucojum vernum, the spring snowflake
This park benefits from its dependence on bulbs and flowering shrubs, unlike Victoria Park, which is very high maintenance with its seasonal bedding plants.
Red Chaenomeles, the flowering Japanese quince
White Camellia
Daphne
Magnolia in bud
More daffodils
The park also has many dead tree stumps, always of interest…
Dead tree…
…fresh fungus
A much older dead tree…
…and dead and broken fungus I knew in its youth
The cherry blossom is not out in the park yet, but the early flowers bloom in a garden alongside a nearby street
There is also this Viburnum davidii, which flowers for months
And finally … I thought this was a dog in the park, but when it didn’t move I realised it was the remains of a tree…
The Squirrelbasket 
😎 cool “I plucked a little Daffodil had I not picked it it would be there still” 🥀 LOL OMG if a dog was looking like that you would have smelled the Carrion 100 yard away 😉
You’ve partially solved a mystery for me! I’d seen one of those fungus growths on a tree a while back and was trying to figure out what it was – it seemed too firm to be a fungus at the time. Would you happen to know the type of fungus it might be?
Very lovely garden!
I’m afraid I can’t be exact but it is some sort of shelf or bracket fungus…
Thanks for your kind comments 🙂
I see what you mean. I can even make out the dog’s face in the last shot!
Thank you for agreeing with me! I am never sure if anyone sees things the same way.
All the best 🙂