More Dogwood.

5-16-08 SHORT HILLS: Another rainy day. We have had about 2 inches of rain so far in May. The swampy spot in the yard by the cypress tree is very muddy. It you poke a stick in the ground there, the water level is an inch below the surface. I am hoping for a wet summer.

Vermont tomorrow.

New blooms: too wet to look.


Dogwood Tree. The trees leaves are very similar to the red-twig dogwood in the last post. The flower has a four petal pattern like the shrub, but these 'petals' are actually sepals, parts of the bud cover that look like flower petals.