the little wild Irish roses - and - gorse!
The gorse was in full bloom down in Wicklow County. It was breathtakingly beautiful. (Celia, does it make you homesick?) We've always been to the UK/Ireland later in the year and caught the random blossom. Oddly enough, further north in Northern Ireland we were told the full bloom was a few weeks earlier! Nasty prickly stuff, though. If a golf ball goes into the gorse, we just wave goodbye to it. LOL Our gore-tex jackets cost too much to let the gorse rip it up.
Here is a photo of the little wild Irish roses that I saw on some of the golf courses. I put the car keys down on the ground next to it, for perspective of its size. These are plucky little roses....every stalk had a flower! Amazing. I only saw them on one other golf course just north of Dublin, never more than 18 inches tall, all seeming to have a single cane (stalk) with a flower on it.
Welp, this is the travelogue for the day. Hope you scrolled past if it's not your thing. :-) Must go do laundry. Hugs to everyone!
posted by Doris W. in TN @ 10:00 AM
1 Comments:
Bee and Marion will tell you that gorse grows wild in NZ too (courtesy of immigration). Well, it did when we were there last, unless there's been an eradication program. They do look beautiful though......... I'm loving your photos and comments re Ireland.
Fran in Sth Aust.
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