Tag Archives: Trees

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Japanese Lilacs

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The Japanese lilacs really are trees rather than bushes, unlike the common lilac which is more accurately a flowering woody plant.

Japanese lilac tree

Right now there are a number of Japanese lilac trees blooming in a nearby park.

Lilac blooms

The blooms were in various stages but the trees looked lovely.

The individual flowers look similar to the common lilac but are smaller.

Isn’t late spring (almost summer) wonderful?

Happy longest-day-of-the-year!

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Autumn Leaves in Spring

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Beech trees hang on to their leaves throughout the winter.

This beech tree had lots of leaves, but they were those of last year.

I tried to find out why beeches quite firmly keep their dry, winter leaves until the new ones push through, but there were no definitive answers.

This one had dropped all of its nuts and deer and other animals were getting some early spring nutrition, but nature’s reasons for hanging on to the leaves remains a mystery.