Saturday, April 9, 2011

The Larches around Loch Ness are shooting

No not a triffid like deer cull but spring has now reached Loch Ness and the trees have noticed. So has the grass but that's another delight to come.
The Larches are quite prominent amongst the spruces and native hardwood each side of Glenmoriston. We can now clearly see the pale green of the Larch strata on the hillside.

The larch is one of our favourite trees with pretty feathery leaves especially nice at this time of year.

The picture is taken here at Lann Dearg and is actually the new growth sprouting from a tree that we had to cut down last year as it was getting too big for its position.