Clouds of Spring Almond Blossom
After a long and grey winter last year, I took a walk when the warmer weather finally came in early September, to see the spring blossoms out. Perhaps the most striking change was when I walked past an old almond (prunus dulcis) tree which had exploded into blossom as the weather changed to become more spring like. The last time I had seen it, it was completely dormant and was all twisted limbs and twigs with nothing upon them to show that it was alive!
Spring in Melbourne last year was very beautiful. With a few mild and sunny days following some heavy rain at the beginning of September, the suburban gardens were awoken from their winter slumbers and burst into an array of beautiful colours in many different floral forms.
The theme for “Looking Close on Friday” for the 2nd of April is “blossoming trees”. It's autumn time here now, so no spring blossom is available to photograph at present, therefore I've chosen a blossom shot from my archive from last spring which I uploaded yesterday. This Prunus almond blossom against the bright blue sky seemed a lovely bright, happy and beautiful choice. I hope that you think so too.
The almond is a species of tree native to Iran and surrounding countries but widely cultivated elsewhere. The almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree.
Clouds of Spring Almond Blossom
After a long and grey winter last year, I took a walk when the warmer weather finally came in early September, to see the spring blossoms out. Perhaps the most striking change was when I walked past an old almond (prunus dulcis) tree which had exploded into blossom as the weather changed to become more spring like. The last time I had seen it, it was completely dormant and was all twisted limbs and twigs with nothing upon them to show that it was alive!
Spring in Melbourne last year was very beautiful. With a few mild and sunny days following some heavy rain at the beginning of September, the suburban gardens were awoken from their winter slumbers and burst into an array of beautiful colours in many different floral forms.
The theme for “Looking Close on Friday” for the 2nd of April is “blossoming trees”. It's autumn time here now, so no spring blossom is available to photograph at present, therefore I've chosen a blossom shot from my archive from last spring which I uploaded yesterday. This Prunus almond blossom against the bright blue sky seemed a lovely bright, happy and beautiful choice. I hope that you think so too.
The almond is a species of tree native to Iran and surrounding countries but widely cultivated elsewhere. The almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree.