Flowering trees and more unfurling

Yesterday the Mexican plum (Prunus mexicana) burst into afloat bloom, transforming itself from bare twigs to fluffy achromatic flowers seemingly overnight. And early! Last year, according to this blog post, the Mexican plum bloomed 2 weeks aboriginal than usual, successful precocious March. This twelvemonth it bloomed connected March 1st!

Much of my plot is inactive successful shades of tan from the Arctic frost that bullied its mode done Austin backmost successful December. So it’s particularly saccharine to person the plum to bask close now.

Weather forecasters are saying a beardown thunderstorm could stroke successful this evening. I anticipation the blossoms tin clasp on.

Looking longways crossed the backmost garden, different tiny autochthonal tree, Texas persimmon (Diospyros texana), is showing disconnected achromatic bark and tender caller leaves. The persimmon narrowly escaped being crushed by falling histrion limbs during the recent crystal storm, truthful I’m particularly grateful for its graceful signifier and the glow of its airy trunks against the acheronian cedar fence. Those beaked yuccas (Yucca rostrata) aren’t excessively shabby either!

The ‘Wonderful’ pomegranate (Punica granatum) connected the different broadside of the plot is besides putting retired caller leaves, which glow an autumnal golden and orange. Hey, I thought this was spring!

No motion of outpouring yet connected the weeping redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis ‘Traveller’), but it won’t beryllium long. Meanwhile I’m appreciating its sculptural form.

‘Tangerine Beauty’ crossvine (Bignonia capreolata), a autochthonal cultivar, is starting to flower.

So is the autochthonal spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis).

Blue partition with bluish yuccas and bluish pool

Taking the broadside way uphill, you present person a presumption to the beforehand garden, acknowledgment to a caller metal-mesh gate. A small other aerial travel is bully too.

Here’s the gross from the different side, looking into the backmost garden. Nothing fancy, but it’s sturdy, and I emotion the inviting presumption it offers, adjacent arsenic it keeps retired rabbits and armadillos. The alloy framework and mesh volition yet make a coating of rust.

A prickly pear bosom wreath (metal) is the finishing touch.

Gopher plant (Euphorbia rigida) is electrically flowering successful sunny spaces on paths. Most of it astatine this constituent is self-seeded, and I indulgently sidestep it, blessed to person some foliage and flowers.

After the wintertime we’ve had present successful Austin, outpouring is particularly welcome. I cognize wherever you are, you’re feeling that mode too.

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