Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Crabapples in April

The first part of April was cold, and there was little change in the crabapples.  This is what they looked like on March 30:

They look much the same in these two photos from April 6:


When I left work on Friday, April 13, I did not notice any change, but when I returned on Monday, April 16, they had started blossoming, although some were not yet open.


Two days later, on April 18, they were even farther along:


April 19, with red maples in the background:

April 20:



After a cold, rainy weekend, I think the crabapple blossoms are a little past their peak, although there are still lots of blossoms.  Monday, April 23:


April 24 was very windy.  The trees did still  have a lot of blossoms.


But overall, there are fewer blossoms.


Looking for the blossoms that used to be on the trees? Now they are on the ground:


On May 1, the flowers that remain on the crabapple trees are looking brown.


From a distance, the crabapple trees show mostly leaves rather than blossoms.