Flowering Crabapple Trees, Lexington VA

Posted on 07 April 2018 by Isabel Gibson

As we drove through Virginia, the redbud trees were barely in evidence. Other harbingers of Spring were not so reticent.

Close-up of blossoms on flowering crab

Four crabapple trees in full bloom.

 

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4 Responses to Flowering Crabapple Trees, Lexington VA

  1. barbara carlson says:
    08 April 2018 at 11:47 am

    It’s the magnolias that I love — see any of those in bloom? One spring J&I went looking for spring about this time of year. We drove straight down to Savannah, GA before we saw them in bloom. After a few days we drove north until we saw them in new bloom, stayed…repeating the fully-loaded tree sighting all the way north.

    After a month we returned to Canada where the buds were still not out! Suspect it will be different now with Climate Change moving everything up 2 weeks. 😀

    • Isabel Gibson says:
      08 April 2018 at 2:45 pm

      Barbara – We did not see any magnolias in bloom, although we saw some tulip trees/bushes, which are very like the magnolia the squirrel deflowers, literally, in my backyard. Your chasing-Spring trip sounds wonderful.

  2. Laurna Tallman says:
    08 April 2018 at 1:01 pm

    The redbud trees are among the first to bloom, as I recall. These flowering crabs are delicious!

    • Isabel Gibson says:
      08 April 2018 at 2:51 pm

      Laurna – The crabs were some consolation for the absence of the redbud this year. I guess they’re usually mid-to-late April in those parts, so we were a bit early. And the early trees got bit by a late frost. I’m working now on a next-year plan. 🙂

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