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Dogwood Flowers & Tree

by Leora

Dogwood Flowers
Here are the flowers on my neighbor’s dogwood tree.

Dogwood tree
Here’s the whole dogwood tree.

I learned from Gail that the cherry trees bloom first, and then the dogwoods show their flowers.

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by Leora on May 12, 2008 Comments (7)

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  1. Ilana-Davita says:
    May 12, 2008 at 9:27 am

    Very nice tree. This year we have new neighbours who seem to be interested in gardening so we might get nice views too!

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  2. Leora says:
    May 12, 2008 at 9:36 am

    My neighbors had a local talented landscape designer pick the trees and plants for their backyard. The neighbor on the other side liked what she saw; she hired the landscape designer to pick some native plants for her front yard. So that neighbor has no grass in front, just plants.

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  3. Gail says:
    May 13, 2008 at 9:21 am

    Aren’t they pretty! Is there anything as glorious as spring? Even though the thought of beautiful weather all year round is enticing, I would truly miss springtime if I lived somewhere warm where there was no change of season.

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  4. Leora says:
    May 13, 2008 at 11:14 am

    Gail, I’m enjoying photographing the flowers. I like winter, too, and we don’t get much here in New Jersey! They had more snow in Israel than we did.

    I might want to do the top photo as a watercolor, as I really like the composition.

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  5. Gail says:
    May 13, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    Oh yes, that would make a wonderful watercolor.

    I enjoy winter too. We also had a mild one in the Washington DC area. I think it snowed once, maybe twice, and it wasn’t very much of a snow either time. I like to see a couple of big snows every winter – deep enough to keep everyone home from work and school. Snow days are fun. (still a kid at heart, I guess)

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  6. hihorosie says:
    May 15, 2008 at 3:33 pm

    I love dogwood trees – looks so beautiful.

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  7. Leora says:
    May 15, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    hihorosie, me too. Nice to have a neighbor who plants pretty trees.

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