Wolves Wild

Half-developed acorns: these were on one of the oaks bordering the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve’s Barley Field.

Several Wolverhampton parks have magnolia trees with attractive blossom in the spring. But our climate doesn’t encourage the development of the fruit.

These were in a small municipal park in the south of France.

Ragwort plants can look somewhat scruffy. But that impression disappears in a photo taken with the camera lens almost touching the flowers.

Yuccas originate as plants of hot, dry regions, but these in West Park were thriving enough to throw out fine flowers.

This year’s unusual weather has meant some spring-flowering plants are now producing a second crop of blooms.

This flower was one of many covering the wisteria on the Mermaid on Bridgnorth Road a few days ago, well after its first flowering in late May/early June.

Striking bell-shaped purple clematis flower, growing in a front garden with several different clematis varieties opposite one of the entrances to Bantock Park.