Friday, January 28, 2011

Some Winter Habits of Trees and Shrubs

There's pleasure in looking for tiny signs of spring in the ornamental trees and shrubs about my neighborhood, this late January day.

Young Ornamental Crabapples
Puzzle: Why aren't the winter birds -- robins, cardinals, mockingbirds -- eating these little fruits?

Ornamental Crabapple Tree, 2nd View

Ornamental Crabapples, 3rd View

Ornamental Crabapples, 2nd View

Forsythia Buds
"Can Spring be far behind?"

Forsythia Buds

Japanese Cherry Trees
Their shining gray bark and pink twigs.

Japanese Cherry, 2nd View

Japanese Cherry. Closeup

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