Along the fence at sunrise.
That apple tree tho
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Cornus nuttallii and Cornus florida (western or Pacific dogwood and the eastern or Florida dogwood)
The western and eastern dogwood trees are native to North America but they are grown in temperate gardens all over the world. Look in anyone's back garden and you'll see globalization in action - the United Nations of horticulture. I have flowers from six continents in my small corner of Planet Earth. Everybody seems to get along. The petty squabbles of human politics are left behind at the garden gate.
As you can see from the first photo, dogwood blooms are actually like a community of small flowers. For example, this pink eastern dogwood typically has 20 little flowers clustered in the middle. If you look closely. each tiny flower has it's own equally tiny petals. By surrounding this 'village' with larger petal-like bracts, the dogwood saves energy, maximizing it's reproductive potential with minimum effort.
Incidentally, the Pacific dogwood is the official provincial flower of British Columbia and the eastern dogwood is the state flower of Virginia, Missouri and North Carolina.
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Afterparty
Watercolor on Black Paper
2023, 10"x 8"
Plum Blossoms
Private Collection
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Jewels of Spring
(c) riverwindphotography, May 2022
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Plant of the Day
Saturday 6 April 2024
Covered in fragrant flowers is the relatively small and slow-growing tree Acacia rubida (red-stem wattle). This is an ideal tree for a warm sheltered garden where space is limited.
Jill Raggett
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Magnolia denudata (Yulan Magnolia var. 'Yellow River')
In my neighborhood there seems to be a regular schedule to flowering in magnolia trees. First come the white star magnolias and then the pink magnolias start to bloom. At the end of the spring flowering season these pale yellow ones put on one last show. Soon the curtain will fall and there will be no more performances until next year. My advice? Enjoy your local magnolia flowers while you still have a chance.
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Through Sakura ~ ag.lr.88
Mt. Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan
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