When the new moon appeared this month I visited my 4 trees to see what changes had taken place over the previous month.
Douglas-fir needles have grown longer.
Maple leaves have grown from buds to over twice the size of my hand – in 1 month!
Caterpillars are feeding on the new leaves.
New Cedar scales now have rust-orange tips.
Opps, I forgot to take pictures of white flowers the Arbutus is dropping.
But here are the new irises I planted last September – so lush with lots of symmetries giving them a complex beauty.
I grew up in Quebec with sugar maples and the sugaring-off every spring. Never have I seen a maple leaf so large! Wow!
It is a Big-leaf Maple so it is true to its name. You must have fond memories of maples in spring