Larch blossom

The larch (Scots : Larick) is a fine tree .. it sheds its needles in the Winter and grows them back in the Spring ... it also has beautiful wee flowers if you go and look closely. We've got a lot of larches at our place and I always enjoy going out to look for the first flowers of the Spring on them.

Charles Murray's poem "Spring in the Howe o' Alford" starts with the lines :

"There's burstin' buds on the larick now,
A' the birds are paired an' biggin'"

You can listen to it here.

If you've got any larches nearby, they are worth a closer look at the moment.