Dogwood color
May 14, 2008
Springtime in Quincy, Illinois is often a riot of color. Her at 40 degrees North latitude, just about every flowering tree, plant, or shrub thrives. The color this spring was outstanding, and we had no late frosts or bad storms to rain on the parade of color. So did I get out and take lots of pics? No I did not. But I did make a few images of some Dogwoods in a park nearby that I will share with you.
Here a pink and a white Dogwood were just beginning to bloom, on April 26, with just a soft haze of color. But the best was yet to come.
Same trees on May 9, about 2 weeks later. The most brilliant display is usually when the flowers (they are really leaves, I am told) are fully developed and the green leaves are popping out. The whites are usually a solid mass of brilliant white, and it is a rare block in Quincy that doesn’t have a few of these eye-poppers.
Pink Dogwood blooms. There is also such a thing as a “Red Dogwood,” and we see a few of them around town. Their color is a deeper pink, and they rival the whites as attention-getters.
It’s another week later at this writing. The color, especially the whites have survived a couple of thunderstorms in pretty good shape, but one of these days a good blow will strip the petals off the trees to let us know that summertime is not far away.
Dave, slacker photographer
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A nice sequence of photos, Dad! I neglected the spring-flowering tree display this year, but last year I took some nice shots. There’s always another year (up to a point…)