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| Gage Plum. 4.16.17 |
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| Stanley Plum. 4.16.17 |
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| LaCrescent Plum. 4.16.17 |
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| Hanska Plum. 4.16.17 |
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| Ember Plum. 4.16.17 |
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| Sweetheart Cherry. 4.16.17 |
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| Vandalay Cherry. 4.16.17 |
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| Ranier Cherry. 4.16.17 |
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| Hamese Asian Pear. 4.16.17 |
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| Hosui Asian Pear. 4.16.17 |
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| Maxie Asian Pear. Front white flower is graft of unknown Asian Pear. 4.16.17 |
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| Multigraft Asian Pear, Branches Tied Down for Better Bearing. 4.16.17 |
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| Shinseiki Asian Pear. 4.16.17 |
By now, the earliest have dropped almost all of their petals, and can be considered done blooming. Those are:
Ornamental Plum Crimson Pointe.
Hollywood Plum.
Sweet Treat Pluerry.
Nadia Plum Cherry Hybrid.
Methley Plum looks done or nearly so.
At peak or slightly past peak:
All of the hybrid Asian/American species plums. These include Toka, Hanska, Ember, Lacrescent.
The unknown Asian plum is also past peak.
Shiro is past peak.
At peak bloom:
Stanley European plum
Green Gage (European) plum.
Vandalay Sweet Cherry.
Sweetheart Sweet Cherry.
Ranier Sweet Cherry.
Asian Pears including Hamese, Shinseiki, Hosui, Mishirasu, and unknown that might be Shinseiki but appears slightly different.
Maxie Hybrid pear is not quite to peak.
I have a graft of Rescue pear on the Maxie tree, which is at peak, but the original Rescue pear has barely begun blooming.
Apples are not blooming yet, but Gravenstein will be the first, with the first pink flowers now almost open. It looks like Liberty and Pristine will be close behind, and maybe Jonared. I don't know which of those I'm anticipating more.
Pawpaws have swelling buds, but I think it will still be a month or so.
Among the peaches, Charlotte is almost done blooming. Same for Mary Jane. Q-1-8 is at peak bloom.
The bottom 3 photos are my main orchard, although I have about as many other trees spread around the 2 acres in various groups. It's nice seeing so many trees blooming, and thinking about watching the potential fruits develop.
Lovely, particularly the minute variations.
ReplyDeleteThank you Nic. Many are fragrant too. The orchard is still young, most of the trees under 5 years. A few are a little older. As time passes, I hope it becomes even nicer.
DeleteBeautiful show of blossoms. Never get tire of looking at them.
ReplyDeleteI putter around the little orchard for hours, looking at the potential fruits in the flowers, and enjoying the blossoms and fragrances, and pruning here and there.
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