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York city wall with daffodils

York city wall with daffodils

In spring, the bank the almost complete city walls rest on are covered in banks of daffodils.

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Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden: stream

Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden: stream

Landscaping on a large scale: a small stream trickling through Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Garden.

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Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden: dried fruit

Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden: dried fruit

These looked like dried pods at the top of a long thin stem in the Royal Botanical Gardens. I couldn’t see any sigh of a label for them.

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Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden: pasque flowers

Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden: pasque flowers

It’s always nice seeing pasque flowers around Easter. These were in an alpines / rockery section of the Edinburgh Royal Botanical Gardens.

Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden: pasque flowers
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Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden: pond with mallard drakes

Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden: pond with mallard drakes

The tranquil surface of a large pond. A couple of mallard drakes swim vaguely in the direction where there are people standing, possibly with the hope of being fed.

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Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden: drumstick primroses

Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden: drumstick primroses

More purple flowers: these are drumstick primroses.