There are many examples of nature responding to the unusually cold and long and snowy winter we had and this is one of them.
The laurel hedge across the front of the property, which is evergreen, does not lose its leaves, had those leaves looking quite spotty and – to this mere mortal's eye – distressed.
Across the months of spring new leaves have formed, old leaves have dropped, and there is now quite an airy look to what was dense. More light and rain and wind can now enrich the living wall.