The willow dome needed a hair cut so as the end of the month nears I have decided to coppice it. I gave some of the pruning to a friend who wanted to create a living hedge and I used some to create a willow screen.
I regularly dog walk passed a fence which has a fabulous “Exochorda macrantha” growing over the top. It’s a beautiful shrub with delicate white flowers in the summer and then these fabulous seed heads in winter. I walked passed it today and pinched a few bits to take home and plant on as hardwood cutting and this little ladybird came home with me.