May is the greening month. We begin with trees bare of the new foliage, but by the end of the 31 days, the lengthening sunlight, warmer temperatures and ample rainfall give us a forest full of new ...

It’s not just wildflower meadows that are getting a second look – native trees and shrubs are finally being given the attention they deserve ...

Namely the beaked hazelnut and the speckled ... leaves and the leaves of other trees are out) is so that the wind-dispersed pollen (released by the dangling catkins) has fewer obstacles between ...

yellow catkins that dangle from branches, while female flowers are small and often harder to notice. But nuts are the main reason why are harvested. Hazel is a native British tree, meaning it is ...

A branch of hazel (or hazelnut) in late April. Note that the two catkins (male flowers) are yellow with pollen. The small red flower is the female part (stigma).