David

The ornamental, garden version of the common hedgerow bush.

These honeysuckle flowers were already almost out on Tuesday on a plant in Castle Grounds Park, Bridgnorth. All the other honeysuckle I have noticed locally are barely coming into bud.

The early blooming may be from a fortunate location in the mild climate of the Severn valley, or perhaps because this is a cultivated variety.

These tiny flowers are often seen peeping through short grass.

By the entrance to the churchyard at Claverley.

A few speedwell flowers can be seen hiding in the vegetation surrounding the coltsfoot.

The flowers are one of the last of the autumn. Here in mid-April the fruit were ripe.