Gorse

When I bought my native hedging plants to go along the new replacement hedging plants I saw a gorse bush advertised . I instantly felt homesick as the yellow flowers smelling of vanilla & coconut are a feature of my favourite evening walk up behind my parents’ house to a wee lochan and opted to buy this tiny bush.and plant it where it will have suitably poor conditions to ensure it thrives..

As its a favourite too of the bumblebees I’m hoping that before its very big it will start flowering. I suspect its unlikely that our local stonechat population will copy this from home and raise their young within its prickles.