strawberry tree

by | Nov 30, 2020 | All, Flowers, Italy

Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) – fruits and flowers, and a couple of late-autumn bees still pollinating. Native to the Mediterranean and Western Europe including Ireland, where it’s variously known as the Irish strawberry tree, cane apple or Killarney strawberry tree, it’s not related to the common strawberry plant and the fruit are rather pasty. Apparently they make quite good jam. Anyway, it’s an evergreen that adds colour and shape to our garden.

Canon 90D with Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM C lens and various settings.

Hypericum flower

by | Oct 11, 2020 | Flowers, Italy

Flower of one of the many species of hypericum — St. John’s wort

Canon 90D with Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens at 600mm ISO2500 1/2000 at f8.

Chinese Lantern Plant

by | Oct 3, 2020 | Flowers, Italy

Chinese lantern plant )Physalis alkekengi), a distant relative of the Cape gooseberry with a fruit that’s just as tasty. There’s an expanding colony in our garden under a contorted willow tree.

Canon 90D with Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens at 600mm ISO400 1/400 at f8.