spring Blooms

I just saw my first almond tree in bloom this year. If you look around usually the first almonds to bloom are seedlings growing in unused fields or along fences. There is an easy explanation for this. Commercial trees are selected to bloom a little later because the earlier they bloom the more chance for cold or frost to kill the new nuts.

Over the next few weeks you will see white Spirea or Bridal Wreath blooming, yellow Forsythia, and several kinds of Vibernum or Snow Balls starting to bloom.

Flowering trees you will see include Flowering Cherry, Crabapples, and Purple Leaf Plums.

Some more unusual plants that bloom early that we carry include exochorda or Pearl Bush. This is a more compact version of Bridal Wreath like shrub with white blooms on a 4 ft. shrub that enjoys the sun. Pink Jasmine is a vine that is not too common with wonderful pink buds that open to pure white fragrant blooms. They can be seen in bloom here right now.

Coming in now will give you a chance to see what you can have in your garden that greets spring for you.