Showing posts with label honeysuckle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label honeysuckle. Show all posts

Sunday, 31 May 2020

Heavenly scent

Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) surely the most heavenly of woodland scents. I love it. Whenever I pick up Honeysuckle scent on the wind I float towards it like a cartoon character to pie, and when I reach it I'm like a dog with ass, I've just got to stick my nose right on in.

Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Honeysuckle

As I walk each season, each has something new and unique to offer, something of its own and something that, for me, punctuates and symbolizes that period of the year. Now is the time of the Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum), also known as 'Woodbine'. During the day you can pass its delicate flowers, hidden amongst the developing verdance, without noticing them, but come evening time and their heavenly scent is unmistakable.  Rich and sweet, to stop and smell a flower or two is a feast for your nose, and sends the mind soaring. For flowers so understated, they really pack a fragrant punch.