A Summer Day.

4-29-21 SHORT HILLS: Yesterday was a mid-summer day—sunny and inn the eighties. We almost turned the AC on. Today is cooler and overcast with showers. The heat and sun set off a stampede of flowering. 

I planted that spirea that I bought a few days ago, it is a ‘Little Princess’ spirea, Spirea japonica. I also transplanted another Japanese maple across the yard to a better spot for the tree and us. 

The lawn guys were here for the second time to mow. All the trees are showing leaves except the ash and catalpa. 

New blooms: azalea, Korean spice viburnum, nannyberry viburnum, wild strawberry, acuba, sweet woodruff, clematis, Carolina allspice, boxwood, warty barberry, burning bush, hackberry.

Azalea responded to the 80's temps.

Redbud has thousands of tiny flowers.

Redbuds grow right out of the bark.

The individual flowers look like tiny orchids.

Clematis grow by the kitchen door.

Nannyberry viburnum is one of the earlier viburnums.

Korean Spice viburnum is another early one, that also has a lilac-like aroma, but with a hint of pepper.

What's prettier than a pink dogwood under the tall trees.