umbel

Near the end of May, the sand cherry (Cerasus pumila) adorned the sides of the path with its delicate flowers arranged in umbels cylindrically about its short stems, which last, in the fall, weighed down with goodsized and handsome cherries, fell over in wreaths like rays on every side.

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It can grow to up to 20ft tall and has white flowers held in umbels, like the flat topped clusters of cow parsley.

Large umbels carry generous clusters of upright white buds that open into fluted flowers, with rich blue bases and white flaring petal tips.

It displays dark green, palmate leaves that are sharply-toothed and grow from a thick stem and terminate in umbels of pink flowers which are encircled by red bracts that give the appearance of a crown.

Also known as Queen Anne's Lace, the familiar umbels of white flowers and ferny foliage will self-seed freely if they get into your garden - as they have in mine this year.

For a touch of pink frothiness, try Chaerophyllum 'Roseum', hairy chervil, which has lovely umbels of pale pink flowers.

It's great for providing late summer nectar for bees and butterflies - in fact, all umbels are great for attracting beneficial wildlife such as hoverflies.

Wonderful umbels of greenish yellow flowers will attract hoverflies to its nectar.

Significantly higher number of umbels [plant.sup.-1] (20.57), number of umbellates [umbel.sup.-1] (23.16) and number of seeds [umbel.sub.1] (173.69) was recorded in treatment [T.sub.4] ([T.sub.4] (100% RDN + Azospirillum + PSB + Vermicompost @ 2 t [ha.sup.1]) over rest of treatments.

One plant family that is particularly important in the garden here, and probably in yours too, are the umbels.