The flora of Périgord in South-West France is abundant and diverse. In this blog you can find, in pictures, brief encounters with several hundreds of wild flowers and plants as they grow here in French Perigord. Following the seasons other species are added. An index of scientific and English names you find below on the right.

Corine Oosterlee is a botanist and photographer and she offers guided Botanical Walks and other activities around plants and vegetation in nature in Perigord. Do you want to know more? On www.baladebotanique.fr you can find more information. For Corine's photography see www.corineoosterlee.com. Both websites also in English.

Enjoy!




October 23, 2011

Grape-Vine


Among the fallen leaves of big trees a pinkish red one...























Look upwards. Contrasting with the yellow autumn leaves, high up in a fifty year old tree, there are more.


Once upon a time somebody had a vineyard here, and since then the trees have grown, and the long creepers of the Vine (Vitis vinifera) went up with them. Maybe there are even grapes for the birds ...