State of colonies this spring

[gavin]

Lovely images ..... but sadly Getty Images have a fierce policy towards the use of their pics, as Adam from the BBKA forum can testify. Would you mind taking it down? I can see a tag on it so I'm sure they will find it soon enough.

Ankle high for most of the OSR round here. Ruffled rosettes that are just starting to extend upwards. You get the odd field that was sown earlier or has a variety that does its stuff early. The field I mentioned has a fair length of stem exposed and platforms of buds visible on top. A week of decent weather will see it in flower. Or several weeks of poorer weather.