The spring flowering trees are all abloom here - and all at once! Here is my
Amelanchier, covered in delicate white flowers. My neighbor has a wonderful tall pine which I think makes a great backdrop for the tree.
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| Amelanchier (Serviceberry) blooming |
Here is a close up of the flowers. You can also see the wonderful felty gray leaves. The overall effect is delicate and ethereal - amelanchier is not as dense a plant as flowering crabapples, pears, or cherries.
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| Amelanchier (Serviceberry) flowers |
Amelanchiers come in a variety of forms, from short and scrubby to medium shrubs to tall trees. Mine is a single-trunked tree form with an upright canopy. If anybody has any clue about which species this might be, let me know! I inherited it with the house, and I hate not knowing plants' names.
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| Amelanchier - upright form |
My
Canadian redbud (
Cercis canadensis) is also blooming now. This picture is taken from underneath the tree, because there is a large play structure right up against it which totally obscures the view of it from the yard. Probably sounds awful but I am counting the days until my daughter outgrows the play structure, and I can finally open up this garden view!
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| Cercis canadensis (Canadian redbud) blooming |
Crazily, even my
lilac has buds on it already! This is a terrible pic, but just to prove to you that I am not totally lying here:
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| Lilac buds 3/28/12 |
Elsewhere about town (sadly, not in my own garden!), we currently have
flowering pears:
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| Flowering pear (pyrus) |
A variety of hardy northern
magnolias:
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| Magnolia soulangiana (Saucer Magnolia) |
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| Magnolia stellata (Star Magnolia) |
... and even
this crabapple! (To be fair, this guy is against a south-facing stone wall, so always blooms unusually early - but still! It's March for pete's sake!)
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| Crabapple blooming in Wisconsin March 28, 2012 |
Ordinarily, these trees would bloom here in sequence, over a 6 week period from April to May. It is just completely bizarre to see them all blooming at the same time. And what will there be to look at in May? Asters?
Asters - haha! You may be right! It seems like this spring is in a hurry to get on to summer. Beautiful trees. I bet, though, all of the trees in bloom at the same time make for a wonderful show!
ReplyDeleteGardeners always find something to complain about, huh? Too many things blooming at once! How terrible! :-)
DeleteYour serviceberry is lovely--more beautifully shaped and less haphazard than the kind I've encountered before. (I don't know their names, either.) And very nice with the pine. Magnolias in March in zone 5? Seriously??? Wow, what a year. The ice cream truck will be driving through any minute now.
ReplyDeleteYes, I feel like breaking out the sunblock! Fortunately it has cooled off somewhat now, so maybe the blooms will last a bit longer.
DeleteThat's funny - the way this Spring has been rushing by, it could be asters by May! Your serviceberry tree is so pretty, and I've heard birds love them!
ReplyDeleteThe birds do adore them, especially the fruit in June, but they seem to like just sitting there all the time, even when not fruiting.
DeleteU na nie kwitną jeszcze drzewa i krzewy, dlatego z wielką przyjemnością oglądałam Twoje pokazane na zdjęciach. Pozdrawiam.*** U still do not bloom on trees and shrubs, and therefore with great pleasure watching your show on the pictures. Yours.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Giga! I also like to visit gardens all over the world online. It helps me get through the long winter here!
DeleteLovely pictures. That is the fullest Star Magnolia I have every seen. Usually they look rather scraggly.
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Hi Stacy, the star magnolias seem to do very well here and always look pretty full, as long as they're in a sunny spot. The saucer ones are much more sparse looking and for that reason are not really my personal favorite. Most other types just won't survive the winter here at all! There are so many more magnolias that will grow further south.
DeleteJust finding your blog...your trees are beautiful..I have lilacs that are budding too early for the cold snap we just got...I also am planting serviceberry this year...reworking my blank slate with more natives...can't wait to see mine look as lovely, I hope :)
ReplyDeleteWelcome Donna - thanks for stopping by! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all of our adventurous lilac buds. It got pretty cold here last night, but the buds don't seem to be damaged yet. I can't imagine May without lilac season here! Best of luck with your garden project.
DeleteSpring has brought you some lovely blooms. Your trees are lovely. Many of mine have leafed out now, but it was nice while it lasted.
ReplyDeleteThe trees are lovely, but I keep thinking the same thing. Will there be a month when nothing blooms?
ReplyDeleteFantastic flowering shrubs and trees. I particularly like the Amelanchier and the Cercis, neither of which will flower in our garden.
ReplyDeleteSo many beautiful flowering trees! I am in awe. My Star Magnolia doesn't look anywhere near that nice! I have been seeing Redbuds in flower on a number of blogs and I just love them. I would so like to add one to the garden, but where to squeeze it in?
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