And it's the end of April already

We havn't had a chance to blog for ages.  Here's why.  We went to Crete en famille for a week to see the flowers but had an extra two days due to the volcano, then three more days to get home over sea and land via Athens, Patras, Ancona and Bologna where we were very lucky to get a flight to Gatwick.

The plants around Chania were fab then we moved to Enagron near Ancos in the Psiloritis mountains and found lots more amazing and delightful plants.  The weather got better and better and it got quite hot at midday, even in the mountains.

One of the most spectacular plants was Petromarula pinnata, ;eft, which is endemic (an endemic genus, no less) and to be found on cliffs and rocks all over the island.

Weather in Crete over the winter was unusually warm and many plants including orchids were over but we did find some nice ones.  We visited Mount Ida and found a neat little alpine on the calcareous cliffs.  But look at it more closely and you see it is woody and actually a dwarf tree.  It is Prunus prostrata, the Cretan wild cherry.