Of the many things this East Coast girl has had to get used to, the most bizarre is the fact that some trees begin to bloom with profusions of flowers, during the last week of January. We have literally just finished with the final falling of leaves season. The last of those happening in late December, with the falling of the Mulberry Tree leaves, which, of course just happen to be in my next door neighbors yard. So we have about 4 weeks of dead everything. My yard is dormant and even the grass goes to sleep, a bit. Great! Nothing much to do for a few months, Hubby is happy. :-)
Well, then comes the last week of January and suddenly this one tree with a profusion of beautiful small white flowers, decides it's time to wake up and puts on it's yearly show...and what a show it is. Wherever these trees are located, suddenly looks like it's March. You feel like buying your Easter clothes. :-)
I just went looking to find out what tree this is and it seems to be a Japanese Evergreen Pear tree. Most places that plant this tree, do so with a large amount of them, so it becomes very obvious that they are blooming. This tree that I took a picture of is one of a set around the perimeter of a hospital. They are very lovely. We have one at our Metrolink station, that is in a grove of Crab Apple trees. It looks quite lonely blooming a full month ahead of it's neighbors. I laugh every year.
Speaking of early bloomers...I have a Forsythia tree here in my back yard. It's very tiny, but it too has a few blooms, for most of the winter. It's not a tree made for Southern California, but it's a small reminder of my home and I enjoy it.
If your tree is a Forsythia, is each bloom a Forsythium?
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Ed
I consider myself lucky to remember how to spell the name of the bush...and you ask me questions. lol
ReplyDeleteIf you remember my back yard in NY, my Mom and Dad used Forsythia bushes as a fence between our yard and the neighbors. Each spring we would go outside around March and they would be in full bloom, ringing our yard and our patio area. It was so beautiful...and I do miss it.
And remember my aforementioned (in another post) pine trees? In between where each original tree was (only 4 of 6 left you may recall) is a forsythia bush.
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Still, I consider myself lucky that none of the pine trees or forsythia bushes has aggressively chased after me as yet. Oh, perhaps an occasional tap on the shoulder now and then just to let me know they're watching me, but that's it.
:-)