#271 - Ripening Leyland Cypress cones

The children adore the tiny, round cones on the Leylandii, they pluck them by the handful and incorporate them into their games. I just like them because they look like roses and because when they first appear they are blue. Now they are hardening and they open slightly as they turn brown to release the seeds inside. And they still look like roses.

#220 - Blue Leylandii cones

The Leylandii are full of their miniature cones, there are so many on the trees that from a distance the dark green boughs are hazed with a blueish-purplish mist. Close up, the trees are laden with what looks like tiny blue roses.

#133 - Fallen Evergreen

A late dog walk today, to catch the last of the afternoon light. The paths in the park are littered with twigs that have been blown from the trees in the recent high winds. Some of the evergreen foliage was strewn about too, looking carelessly gorgeous on the wet ground.