It looks like autumn. It feels like autumn. It smells like autumn.
The evidence seems clear; autumn is here.
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- Falling
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- Fallen
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- Nestled
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- Maple on Mock Orange
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- One rosehip doesnot a jelly make..
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- Red on Green
Or is it? Take a closer look at this photo of my ornamental cherry tree.
Do you see the blossoms?
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- Blossom above
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- Blossom nestled
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- Blossom rested
I used to think that my cherry tree was as confused as I was about changing weather patterns but, a few years ago, I realised that the previous owner of my house had gifted my garden with a Prunus Autumnalis. A Prunus Autumnalis blooms twice a year; once in autumn/early winter and, again, in spring. The bees and the birds delight in this tree and its blossom. This year, I may ask my little ‘wildlife’ guests if they will let me share their feasting. Apparently, the cherry leaves and blossoms are as delectable to the human palate as they are to the human eye.
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I have never heard of cherry trees flowering twice. It is really something special and intriguing to have in the garden.
If there was room for one in your garden, it might make your bees twice as happy!
I still don’t get use to being in a different season! I always learn something from your posts, this time about botanics. I find it interesting that the Prunus tree blooms twice per year. Hope you don’t get a lot of rain by the way!
I learn a lot from your posts too. 🙂 We did have some heavy rain for a day or two, but today is sunny and we have had our first frost on the ground.
Your tree is one of the gifts that Mother Nature bestows. Fortunate for nature’s creatures and you. Nice post–there are not many botanical species that flower twice in a year. Have to research that one.
Thank you. Yes I am curious to know how many other plants flower twice a year.. and why they do.
What an amazing tree! Giving us twice a year joy and colour. 🙂 Your nature in NZ is amazing! Keep the photos coming, I love to see what is there, in your garden and elsewhere.
You are quite right; twice a year joy! Soon the little wax eye birds will be here to enjoy the tree. They are regular visitors in winter. Maybe if I am quick enough with my camera, I will have some nice photos of them to show you.
Whenever I feel tired, sad, disgruntled, annoyed or weary, I find a garden. It doesn’t need to be big, just a corner patch. The healing power of plants is a beautiful mystery. I always come away refreshed.
Thank you for sharing your garden…
“When you increase the number of gardens, you increase the number of heavens too!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan
Now there’s a quote that goes straight to my heart. I join in your love of the healing spirit of plants. It also fascinates me that this spirit is often supported by actual healing ingredients in the plants,eg some research suggests that some cherry trees have anti viral properties.
What an interesting tree! Until I read this post, I’d never hear of this kind of tree.
And when I published this post I was introduced to other twice blooming plants. It’s fascinating. Apparently there are 100 of these prunus autumnalis trees in the Washington Monument park. I don’t know how common, or otherwise, they are in my city. Nature is full of delightful surprises.
http://www.nps.gov/cherry/cherry-blossom-history.htm With your interest in history, you may enjoy this link.I am reading it now.
What a beautiful surprise! I have a reblooming lilac that is lovely twice, too – a great bonus.
Oh, I would like that. Lilac is wonderful. It used to be a staple of gardens here but I rarely see it now. I don’t know why it has fallen out of favour with gardeners.
Wonderful! Never saw such thing before. Is it just blooming twice a year or you also have cherries twice? 😀
It doesn’t produce cherries, unfortunately. It is only ornamental. Wouldn’t that be great if I got fruit twice a year? I used to have a raspberry bush that produced raspberries twice in one season. That was wonderful.
so delicious to have new virtual friends in other seasonal areas – so refreshing to the eye – today in los angeles it is english weather which is Deeply Odd – grey/gray and rainy.
*wavingtoNZ*!
Well, that weather came our way too after I took those photos. Only that was deeply normal for autumn!
I really like the colors of each season and I enjoy your photos.
Yes each season has its own charms.
Is that what a rose hip is?! Mystery solved. I take rose hip vitamin c tablets, but I never knew what that was. Aren’t you glad to know that I ingest unknown things on a daily basis? 🙂
Mmmmm….that’s a little scary 🙂 But rose hips are little powerhouses of goodness I am told. I also love rose hip oil; it’s super lovely for your skin.
Do you make rose jelly? My grandmother made it when I was a child and I have no idea how to replicate it!
I would love to make rose or rose hip jelly but I haven’t ever done so, mostly because of the lack of spray free ingredients. I don’t recall anyone making it in my family.Haven’t tasted it either. We must investigate!
I love all the seasons! When I was a child I loved walking over the dry leaves on the ground hahah! Here we are entering the summer.
Yes, walking over the autumn leaves is so much fun except when they are all soaking wet like today. I think my favourite season is summer because I like to be warm.
I too have a tree – a plum that I thought was confused – mine has red leaves, and sharp little plums that are beautiful cooked in wine and spices. It too flowers in autumn and again profusely in spring after which we get the fruit at Christmas. Maybe it’s not confused, but just doing what it was trained to do !!!
I am intrigued. There are some red leaf plum trees bordering a street nearby me. I will look at them more closely as I go by next time. Wiki says this plum tree flowers twice a year, but I think this tree is probably different from yours http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_mume
It is autumn here too….the leaves are such a glorious colour this time of year. How nice to have something in your garden that flowers both in autumn and spring 🙂
It is lovely. The spring blossoms on the tree are more abundant and beautiful than the autumn ones but I still love to see the autumn blossom. Glad you have some lovely autumn colours too.
Great shots, really can tell a lot about it. Thank you for sharing this photos since we don’t have this plant grow in our land.
I wish I had a better shot of the tree itself. In spring time I will try again.
These are so great to share, Gallivanta. I quite appreciate with this news photo styles. 🙂
Beautiful photos
Thank you. Glad I took them yesterday. Today we are almost drowned in the rain.
I think the whole of NZ is in the same boat 🙂
Yes, and there will be areas worse than ours.