Magnolia stellata's primitive multi-petaled, milk-white and blush-striped blooms are the first flowers to fully unfurl within our garden shrubberies. Eighteen petals fall free of their furry calyx, multiplied by hundreds, to paint this small tree brightly. She stands along our second terraced garden stretching easterly amongst sentient statues of Apples and Birch yet to exhale their buds at the time these photographs were taken. A gift of Peace from Japan to the United States, Magnolia … [Read more...] about Early Spring ‘Star’ Magnolia Stellata
Early Spring ‘Star’ Magnolia Stellata
Magnolia stellata's primitive multi-petaled, milk-white and blush-striped blooms are the first flowers to fully unfurl within our garden shrubberies. Eighteen petals fall free of their furry calyx, multiplied by hundreds, to paint this small tree brightly. She stands along our second terraced garden stretching easterly amongst sentient statues of Apples and Birch yet to exhale their buds at the time these photographs were taken. A gift of Peace from Japan to the United States, Magnolia … [Read more...] about Early Spring ‘Star’ Magnolia Stellata
Spring Spreads Swaths of Sweetness in Petals and Song
"She beckons, and the woods start~ She nods and all begin~ Surely ~ such a country I was never in." Emily Dickinson Viburnum carlesii before White Birch Spring is spry and gay . . . spreading sheets of sweet petals . . . swathes of green surface. Flowering Quince Magnolias and Weeping Chery Returning birds and songs fill the cool spring air. A magical time of year. Tree Swallow seen from under the Weeping Cherry tree Strife strings along with the season ~ As well as … [Read more...] about Spring Spreads Swaths of Sweetness in Petals and Song
Spring Spreads Swaths of Sweetness in Petals and Song
"She beckons, and the woods start~She nods and all begin~Surely ~ such a countryI was never in." Emily DickinsonViburnum carlesii before White BirchSpring is spry and gay . . . spreading sheets of sweet petals . . . swathes of green surface. Flowering QuinceMagnolias and Weeping CheryReturning birds and songs fill the cool spring air. A magical time of year.Tree Swallow seen from under the Weeping Cherry treeStrife strings along with the season ~ As well as wing embraces ~ a … [Read more...] about Spring Spreads Swaths of Sweetness in Petals and Song
Recalling Winter’s White Surprise ~ Dreams of Pearly Petals
Winter white robin absent pigments of color feathers like petals Time passing quickly winter mild and not so white dreams on milky clouds A rare bird sighting white gown among crabapples wistful pearly blooms Magnolia stellata fluttering snow-white petals sweeten spring evenings White pillow promise plump peonies bush and tree stippling a landscape Snowball hydrangea light before white birch tree trunks follow later on A white time just past April may … [Read more...] about Recalling Winter’s White Surprise ~ Dreams of Pearly Petals
