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| Kwanzan or the rarer Hizakura cherry? |
I postponed planting flower seeds and plants in the yard last week after looking at the weather report. We were down in the 30's at night last week with a frost warning one night. The beautiful Yoshino cherry trees in the front yard only lasted a week. But now the later blooming kwanzan is loaded with flowers. The flowers on this tree look like flowers on the rarer Hizakura cherry in a photo from a book I got from the National Aboretum. Whatever it is, it is beautiful. Here are some photos of what is happening in the yard.
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| The tulips finally showed up! |
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| The hosta plants seem to be getting high quickly. |
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| The two dogwood trees finally bloomed. |
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| This is a miniature rose bush my husband gave me on Valentine's Day. After staying on my kitchen table for six weeks, I put it out in the back yard garden at the end of March. It just produced a bloom. |
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| The Asiatic lilies are pushing through the soil. |
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| The azaleas finally opened a few days ago three weeks late. |
The leaves on the trees are slowly coming out. Most of the leaves are small, and some trees still don't have any leaves in our neighborhood. This week I am planting flower seeds in the back and side yard gardens, and I am going to put plants in my deck pots. It is going to be May 1 on Friday, and I am tired of waiting.
