When we drove down to Corky's house on Wednesday I was amazed to see that in the five days since I had picked him up all of the flowering pear trees had burst into bloom.
The sky was so blue and the blossoms unbelievable white.
Each blossom has a tuft of 'hairs', some with pink 'beads' on the ends, which lend a faint pinkish cast to the blooming trees.
Today when we walked in the park behind the house I spotted this blossoming tree in a backyard. This pink variety has many different common names - Saucer Magnolia, Japanese Magnolia, Tulip Tree, Pink Magnolia - but they are all Magnolia X soulangeana. The unique characteristic of this tree is that all the blooms come on at once. When they fade and fall off, the tree puts out soft green shoots, equally as lovely.
For everyone in cold country here is a little Spring time to tide you over: http://www.procreo.jp/labo/flower_garden.swf
1 comment:
the middle blossoms sure look like apple or flowering crab blossoms.... you're making me homesick for the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia which is rampant with blossoms in May/June.
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