Jenkins Arboretum, Devon, Pennsylvania, legacy of H. Lawrence and Elisabeth Philippe Jenkins.
Mt. Cuba Center, Hockessin, Delaware, legacy of the Lammot du Pont Copelands
A few of the trees and plants – native to the Appalachian Piedmont – which are in flower in the first two weeks of May.
The redbud begins to flower along bough and trunk in April. By the second week of May its flowers have fallen and it is in full heart-shaped leaf in metropolitan Philadelphia.
Photo taken on the High Line, Lower Manhattan, on May 16, 2022 where it was, of course, still in flower. Native flora have been planted the length of the High Line.
High LIne, NY on May 16, 2022
The flowers of a native dogwood (Cornus florida) were in bloom this year until the middle of May
A greenway through the naturalized gardens at Mt. Cuba Center
Creeping phlox and foam flowers
Native deciduous azalea
She said ‘Yes!’ sitting on a bench surrounded by native azalea at the Jenkins Arboretum.
You wonder: and now?
Then you remind yourself that there is no need for cynicism. Not here, not here…..
Photo from the website of Mt. Cuba Center
Photo from the net
Devilwood, Wild Olive (Cartrema americanum)
Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)
Fringed bluestar (Amsonia ciliata)
Atamasco lily (Zephyranthes atamasca)
Wild geranium (geranium maculatum)
Drooping leucothoe (Leucothoe fontanesiana)
Red buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
Dwarf larkspur (Delphinium tricorne)
Turkey beard (Xerophyllum asphodeloides: a slow-growing lily)
