It's Crabapple Season! Can you tell?
In May I was bemoaning the fact that due to the extreme temperature swings of this spring, our magnolia tree wasn't the mass of flowers it has been in previous years. Then a few weeks later, at the very opposite end of the garden, our crazy pink and white crabapple started to bloom.
Like it had never bloomed before!
It rained petals for days.
To be fair, it was a very good year for crabapples all around our area, check out that one across the street! Our lilacs put on a pretty good show, too.
Eventually, all those pretty white flowers became light green crabapples.
While every last one of the fuchsia blooms turned into orange and yellow ones. Now we have lots and lots of crabapples everywhere, in the trees, all over the ground and regularly hitting us on the head!
Incoming! Look out, Burt!
Ooooh, right between the eyes!
Wow, it got a great bounce off his skull!
Currently, we are focused on getting them out of the tomato bed.
At this rate, it's going to take awhile.
(Looks like we have a bit of a Creeping Charlie problem to deal with too.)
These crabapples have met a fitting end in the always creepy compost bin. They were beautiful flowers but they came with a price. The cleanup has only just begun and we're probably going to need a shovel.
Hope everyone had a safe weekend.
Thanks for stopping by!
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