Perfect days like this make you forget the ones that went before - it was wonderful. Sunny, temperate, very breezy. I went out and wished I'd brought a camera because the pink cherry blossoms would flutter around in the wind, even into the back yard.
They are everywhere in the front, and all the way down the edges of the driveway - it looks like we've had a wedding here.
Meanwhile, the crabapple is fantastic - filled with white blossoms.
Once again, the birds never ate the fruit over the fall and winter, and I wasn't able to pick it with snow all around the tree, but that didn't get in the way of the blooming at all. I've always been partial to crabapple trees. When the cherry blooms, the leaves are there, too; the flowers are rosette-like - well, I've taken enough pictures of them over the years. But the crab blossoms take over the whole tree; there are leaves, but they're dwarfed by all the flowers. I also love the spreading habit of apple and crabapple trees. But don't tell the cherry - she's a brave one, and well-loved.
I guess you don't have deer in your neighborhood... My daughter has three crabapple trees and lots of deer to eat the fruit!
ReplyDeleteNo, no deer, Gretchen. I think I’ve seen one ever, and it was most likely lost.
DeleteYour crabapple is looking beautiful! I always wish that blossom-time lasted just a little longer; and I love your petal confetti. Our crabapples have just about finished and we are now in rowan, hawthorn and laburnum season.
ReplyDeleteAh, those hawthorns with their long needles! I thought a laburnum was a bush. The dogwoods are blooming here now - it’s all wonderful. :)
DeleteWow, Clare, I looked up the laburnums! What a wild looking tree! Those yellow ones seem other-worldly.
DeleteI really like laburnums though they are poisonous (see My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier). I also find they are easy to grow, they set seed quickly and the bees love them. We only have one native dogwood and they're not blooming just yet.
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