Gorse, furze, whin, eithin

[alan refail]

There has been a lot of talk about the yellowing of the land by dandelions.

Hereabouts most of the yellow (and what a yellow!) in spring and through much of the year is provided by gorse, which has traditionally been planted as hedging between fields.

Here is a picture we took yesterday of a nearby clawdd (hedge/bank) which had been trimmed but still was in magnificent flower.

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[oldherbaceous]

What a lovely strong yellow.

And we mustn't forget the never ending fields, of the delightful oil seed rape.

[glallotments]

How can we forget - fields are yellow rather than green round here and it's the only thing that gives my hayfever!

[Victoria]

We in Suffolk also surrounded by bright yellow fields of oil seed rape, need sunglasses!

Very cold wind here today, had to earth up spuds in case of frost which was hard work as ground has baked rock hard.

[alan refail]

How glad I am we just do gorse and steer clear of oil seed rape entirely

[pongeroon]

Beautiful picture, Alan. I love the smell of gorse on a hot day, all warm and coconutty.
Reminds me of childhood holidays on the Lleyn peninsula or in Pembrokeshire.

[glallotments]

We used to grow it on our school banking and often saw linnets singing from the top branches.