May brings glorious colour

The 'merrie' month of May provides a riot of glorious colour. Foremost among the blossom trees are hawthorn (may), with its flowing cascades of frothy white and sometimes pink blossom, sweeping down to ground level above an under storey of Queen Anne's lace (cowparsley). May blossom often attracts tiny metallic green longhorn moths with extensive hair-like antennae.