This tree is a favorited of mine-a nice shape now but in the Fall it turns red! I've never taken the time to see what kind it is, though.
But when Bill and I took a walk the other day, the honey bees were very active around this tree--it was humming!
We looked closely and found these 'lily-of-the-valley' shaped flowers and the even smelled lovely!
I had to google it and I learned it is a wild persimmon tree!!!
My Muscadine grapevine is off to a brilliant start!
And even has some very newly formed bunches!
(look closely!)
The pond, unfortunately, is shrinking!
We just had our first measurable rain in 6 weeks!
I am hoping for a normal rainy season this summer
to bring all our water levels up.
The Elderberry trees have all bloomed
but their little berries dried and fell off without the rain.
I'm hoping that the recent rainfall will help the late berries!
The aloe are happy and so are the hummers who visit it!
This rose bush is from Bill's Mom who planted it at her winter home here in FL many years ago. When the house was sold,
Bill took the root ball and has nursed it back to health!
It is stunning! (6' TALL)
Bill has also cultivated several large plots like this for vegetables and it was very happy for the rain, also!
We are eating radishes from it already!
It looks like Bill is as busy with his outside fun as you are with your inside projects. :-) We've had lots of rain over the past few days and the farmers are ecstatic. It's been a very dry winter.
ReplyDeleteBlessings and hugs,
Betsy