the mistletoe tree

No such thing of course and I guess mistletoe is the cuckoo of the plant world.

As a child, it fascinated me and I tried rubbing a sticky mistletoe berry into a crevice in an apple tree but no success.

[Richard Hickey]

Fantastic picture.

[Phil Howcroft]

it is a beautiful picture and I did know there is no tree :)

[wendy frost]

Love to see the bunches of Mistletoe in the trees isn't nature wonderful.

[Hazel]

@phil_howcroft

I assumed you did! Last time I posted a ‘mistletoe tree’ it caused some confusion.....

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely capture. I liked your story, too.

[Issi Bannerman]

A nice capture of all these balls of mistletoe.

[Mave]

A good pov here. It looks a long way up.

[Hazel]

@mave It is and the tree only just fitted into the frame!

[FBailey]

Have never seen it growing like this before

[Peter]

Lovely image and story Hazel, more try to get rid of Mistletoe then grow it, it should have worked on an Apple tree, the best time to try is February and March on Apple Hawthorn, Poplar, Lime and conifers trees:)

[Sylvia Binch]

How lovely to see.

[Hazel]

@fbailey

Very common here in tbe south of England. Too high to get a piece for Christmas though and have to buy some!

[Anne]

Lovely against the blue of the sky Hazel

[Pat Knowles]

It's so high up Hazel, I thought it went up the trunk not in the branches like this! It looks like rooks nests!

[Lesley Aldridge]

Lovely 'skeletal' tree against the blue.

[haskar]

Nice shot and light.

[Bep]

A lovely shot.

[Babs]

They have made quite a colony on this tree. We get lots of mistletoe here. It doesn't seem to damage the host tree though.

[Joyce]

Lovelyy shot. We have a lot in this area and it always fascinates me

[Trinda Love]

Very cool