Amelanchier Lamarckii or Juneberry
Beautiful white blossom now appearing alongside the bronze coloured juvenile leaves.
These turn green as summer progresses then orange and red in autumn. The flowers are followed by small berries in mid summer, which turn from green to red to blue/black if the birds don't get them first. There are not many other 'small garden' sized deciduous trees/shrubs that gives so much interest from spring through to autumn.
Looks like the purple chokeberries will have some blossoms this year. They were planted 4 years ago but moved from the original too hot/dry location last year.
I loved this scenic view in Capitol Reef National Park because of all the layers of flora and rock formations from a foreground of shrubs and grasses to distant background red rock cliffs. The scene shows the rugged beauty of the desert environment.
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This is one of my favourite plants. There was once a time when it was so common in gardens that it was viewed with snobbery. Too easy to grow. Too bright.
It is Kerria. I hardly ever see it now. I grow it in what passes for a tiny woodland clearing.
When first planted, the crows reacted furiously to the flowers and did a wrecking job. I have no idea what was going on in their heads.
#Forsythia are #ornamental #shrubs in Central #Europe that are originally native to #Asia. The shrubs planted in #parks in Germany are the hybrids Forsythia x #intermedia. It is a hybridization of the species F. suspensa and F. viridissima. As a result of €globalwarming, the flowering period in Central Europe is shifting further and further forward. The flowers are #sterile and therefore of no interest to #pollinating insects.
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