Orkney – Desktop Wallpaper – Crops

Taking full advantage of the gulf stream and long hours of daylight, the farmers of Orkney grow high quality crops.

Orkney’s Wild Fuchsia

Wherever you go in the Orkney Islands you are very likely to come across fuchsia growing alongside paths and on emankments.
Fuchsia Magellanica Riccartonii is a naturalised alien, thought to be  introduced from South America, where it’s native home is Chile.  It is one of the hardiest Fuchsias, forming patches of dense scrub along paths, tracks [...]