Scottish pastorale.

We call it Gorse Katarina. It's posh name is Ulex europaeus. It has a coconut scent.

thanks, Karen, add that to my "knowledge store"!

Cottagecare@Thank you for identification, I couldn t find it in my books. And Latin name is not a posh name. All plants should be named by their Latin names, said our Scottish guide :-)

Agreed absolutely, just being flippant/humorous, apologies.

At least if we use the Latin names, we all know what we're talking about. I rather like a lot of the vernacular names, though. I certainly only know this as "gorse"! I love to see it, and Broom as well (cytisus or genista)

I have never seen such thick and large gorse before!

Oh, it's everywhere in Scotland Katarina. In May the roads are all hedged with it, and we hardly notice it, there is so much!

That was very impressive. We were 4 in car and we quarreled if they are shrubs or herbs.

There's quite a lot of gorse in England, as well! I certainly saw it in the south. A blooming great shrub, I'd have said!!!

Yes, it is very impressive, especially in a wide green landscape.

prob with latin names is that you can sprain your tongue trying to pronounce them!

Lol!