The middle of May is the time for flowering trees here on the shores of Georgian Bay. From Magnolias to Apples, the flowers come out and the bees are buzzing. This is truly a beautiful time of year!
The very large Magnolia around a couple of blocks is the most spectacular that I have to share. Gorgeous but its petals start to fall all too soon.
Our neighbours have a much smaller but deeper purple Magnolia.
Our own Magnolia, after several years of depredation by our resident rabbit, has started to bloom more seriously. This is a star Magnolia.
Of course there are flowering Crab Apples all over town, perhaps the most common of our flowering trees.
Another neighbour's Serviceberry remains the only one I have seen in town, though you often see these in rural fencerows.
And the most extensive of all outside of town are of course the Apple trees, orchards and orchards of them.
So absolutely lovely!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove your flowers. And I love the bees. Many people here are afraid of bees. I love the bees. Life wouldn't exist without them! I work in amongst my Lithidora and Caryopteris and other plants when the bees and buzzing there. Once in a while a bee comes and looks me in the eye, inches from my face. I stop, and look, and feel peace. I'm 77 years old and have never been stung by a bee. We're all in this life, in this world, together. Thanks FG for all you share with us.
ReplyDeleteI love magnolias, I planted one about 6 years ago and I wish it would thrive more. It is called purple but rather is a pink/red. Your photos capture their beauty.
ReplyDeleteWhat a spectacle!
ReplyDeleteTrue that! Short but sweet season...
ReplyDeleteI love to see all the flowering trees this time of year, and wish I had more sunlight here in the pine forest to grow them.
ReplyDeleteThey are all so pretty. Too bad they didn't last longer.
ReplyDeleteTrees in bloom really catch your eye.
ReplyDeleteSo many different beautiful flowers.
ReplyDeleteSo lovely! Our trees are just leafing out so the flowers will be a little late this year.
ReplyDeleteI love your flowering tree blogs. I don't see that many and certainly don't have any on the Ridge!
ReplyDeleteA soon as my mother's pink magnolia bloomed we always got a heavy rain that knocked off the petals. I prefer apples and crabapples myself.
ReplyDeleteI agree it is a beautiful time of year.
ReplyDeleteSo nice to see your photographs.
All the best Jan