I'm out cycling in Morocco and it's amazing to see the greenery and bird noise where there is the slightest bit of water. Here in this part of the Atlas they are growing dates, wheat and pomegranate. Some citrus but not many here.

Le Jardin Secret, Marrakech.

Grand Café de la Poste, Marrakech

Verdant Valleys of Date, Citrus and Almond this side of the Atlas Mountains.

A range of trees hiding in plain sight in Thornes Park, Wakefield.

Wild apple blossom today at Scotland Wood, Leeds. Think it might be a crab by the amount of blossom.

Apple blossom of 'Annas Reinette'.

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The apple blossom of the Wakefield variety 'Sharlston Pippin'

2023 and 2024 apple grafts looking good.

We have decided to drop some plants in our range the more traditional herbs after difficult yr with health issues so as concentrate on others for callers to the nursery a substantial discount available we our based in Lincolnshire all the plants our nursery grown not bought in

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A couple of weeks back I thought this was a rape field that had been sown but it's looking more like a wildflower meadow - any ideas?