Miss Kim Lilacs

Miss Kim lilacs are very fragrant, and bloom a little later then the regular lilacs.

Green sycamore bark

Apparently, sycamore bark becomes green when it is wet.

Emergence of Norway maple leaves

Walking by this tree throughout the winter on my way to work, I knew it was a Norway maple because of the bark. However, I had forgotten its summer leaf color. I was thinking it would have green leaves, but it turned out to be one of the purple leafed cultivars.

Swarthmore College Arboretum

While I was at Pendle Hill, I also made a visit to the Swarthmore College Arboretum.

There were a lot of lilacs in bloom, but the pictures I got of them did not come out very well.

There were also a lot of cherry blossoms.

There were dogwoods.

This is apparently Austrian Pine, although when I look up Austrian Pine on the internet, it does not indicate that it has striped bark.

There were also all sorts of other amazing things.  I don't know what they all were, though I did see beech and spruce.  Here are a few more photos of the wonders of the Swarthmore College Arboretum.

Trees at Pendle Hill

I saw lots of nice trees at Pendle Hill, including a black walnut with wisteria growing on it:

Flowering dogwood:

Crabapple:

And dawn redwoods:

Spring continues to emerge in the Norway maples

On April 26, I posted about the progress of the Norway maples by my house. Here's another update.

April 28, 2011:

May 3, 2011: