Friday, February 1, 2008

I can smell spring already

We had an unusually warm January again. Quite a few trees are showing their buds already, among them many flower buds.

garden lilac, Syringa vulgaris
dogwood, Cornus mas
honeysuckle, Lonicera
Japanese maple, Acer palmatum
wild cherry, Prunus padus
Japanese hawthorn, Crataegus cuneata
wild cherry, Prunus cerasifera
Chinese quince, Pseudocydonia sinensis