Water and heat. Those two elements have caused an explosion of simultaneous blooms on bushes and trees alike. Everything is alive at once.
The redbud is full of lovely and tasty flowers. We have already started to harvest some blooms with their green-bean like taste as a topping for salads.
Its neighbor, a crabapple, is popping with blossoms, more than in any other year. The dense, colorful contrast between the buds and flowers are hard to take my eye off of.
Our flowering quince is pregnant with clustered large red flowers with a tiny black and yellow center. They look a little like roses, which is not surprising as they are both members of the same family.
Next to the quince, blueberry blossoms and bugs swarm heralding warmer days and delicious harvests of sweet and succulent berries.
Azaleas seem to be flowering on time, perhaps a bit bothered that neighboring plants are also showing off.
And finally, a large, drooping bridesmaid spirea pumps out its tiny white blooms, which the migrating goldfinches rest upon while taking turns at the nearby feeder.
