Thursday, April 7, 2016

At The Nursery

Redbuds
Spring cometh, albeit in fits and starts as the latest cold wave blankets the Roanoke Valley. But the trees know what season it is, as these pictures of burgeoning buds attest:
Bradford Pears
Cleveland Select Pears
Cleveland Select Pears
Cleveland Select Pears
Redbud
Our Crape Myrtles, however, are biding their time. Bud-wise, they are 'keeping their powder dry' so to speak, until a hotter summer sun presents itself:

Catawba Crape Myrtle
Arapaho Crape Myrtle
Arapaho Crape Myrtle
Catawba Crape Myrtle