A relaxing half hour can be had by contemplating these onion loops and listening to John Adams Shaker Loops at the same time.
As an ecologist and biodiversity researcher and recorder, the author visits a wide range of rural and urban habitats mainly close to his home in Sedlescombe near Hastings, East Sussex, UK. The weblog covers the full spectrum of wildlife, from mammals to microbes. As well as details of encounters with England’s flora and fauna, information on where to see species of interest is often given.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Onion loops
One of the most delicately beautiful phenomenon of this rising spring are these arching leaves of wild onion (Allium vineale). It seems to me an uncommon shape in our British flora. These are just outside my Square Metre project and I think they may produce heads of bulbils this year. The first wild onions appeared under the medlar tree a short distance away many years ago where their bulbils were probably dropped by birds. They are slowly advancing eastwards towards the Square Metre itself but have never 'flowered'.
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