Spring comes to Florida

Here's a little Florida Sunshine for everyone stuck in another snow storm.  Spring is coming to Florida.  You can see new growth on some plants, and flowering trees are starting to bloom.  These photos were taken at Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach last week.



Yellow Tabebuia



Also called the trumpet tree -  bursts into bloom.

It blooms before it leafs out.



Peach Tree - you don't usually see these in Florida





BeautyBerry  (Callicarpa americana) - a Florida native with the most beautiful berries.



Pretty in Pink

Pretty Katie in front of the azaleas at Morikami.

Boston in Bloom

Spring time in Boston is so beautiful - here's how it looks in mid-May. This is creeping phlox, Phlox subulata. It makes a great groundcover.



It looks best creeping down a slope or over a wall.

Lilacs and white dogwood, Cornus florida, bloom outside a house on Summit Ave near Beacon St. Look at the 2nd house from the right. Its half shingled and half white siding.

I love the brick homes covered with ivy. Two bridal wreath spirea, Spiraea prunifolia, adorn the front door.

One of my favorite flowering trees is the Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis. It is a native tree, and grows all the way from southern Ontario to Northern Florida. The branches are covered with tiny purple flowers before the tree leafs out. (This picture was taken in NH, but you do see a few of these trees in Boston).

A beautiful pink crabapple next to an equally beautiful house in Brookline.

The pink dogwood. These are also native to the eastern US.

An up close view.

Azaleas also look good this time of year.

So glad I got back in time for the show.