They appear like snow in the hedgerows ,deep banks or woods .They love shade but need pockets of sunlight occasionally to awaken them.
hedgerows
Not a cloud in the sky last sunday went for a walk across fields with masses of thistles drying in the sun and hedgerows full of wild berries for the birds and picked some crab apples to make jam.
“Blue sky day”by Sam Adams,

Many soft downs and hedges with trees and small fields .