Thursday, April 8, 2010

More April Photos!

This one time I'm posting thumbnails; I don't often post four photos at once.  Click on any image to embiggen!

With the weather accelerating right past April and into July, I now have the flowering Cleveland pear trees, hyacinths, tulips, chionodoxa (early white and mid season blue), and just about everything else all blooming at once.  And regrettably, not lasting long and not looking very good when it blooms.  April blossoms simply can't handle the heat.

Here's a photo of the lawn from this afternoon.  It's fully awake, but seems to be wanting a little more iron:

Lawn 04.07.2010

This is the blooming Cleveland pear.  The blossoms opened Monday, and it looks like the tree will finish up tomorrow or Friday:

Cleveland Pear 04.07.2010

This parrot tulip isn't supposed to bloom until mid-May:

Parrot Tulip 04.07.2010

This is an Angelique tulip. They're mid-May bloomers, and generally don't have the slightly brownish color on the flower rib. It's blasting a bit in the heat:

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1 comment:

turf_toes said...

Lawn has really nice color. I've noticed in my own yard that a lot of the stuff (like Crabapples and redbuds) that normally bloom in late April or early May are already showing their stuff.