April 29 - Mountain Sweet Pepperbush - Clethra acuminata

Mountain Sweet Pepperbush

Mountain Sweet Pepperbush

Mountain Sweet Pepperbush

This Mountain Sweet Pepperbush lives at the Asheville Botanical Gardens.  ashevillebotanicalgardens.org
The cinnamon colored bark stands out to help in identification.

Rebecca

How Do Trees Inspire Me?



How do trees inspire me?

The PawPaw flower

Trees inspire me to be grateful for this moment,

to pause and see the beauty as a bud turns into flower.

Carolina Silverbell

Trees inspire me to learn their names.

To explore all the different colors , flowers and fruits they wear each season.

Black Locust Flowers

Trees inspire me to do share with others that we are all one sharing one planet.

Peace,


Rebecca

April 6 - Sweet Birch - Betula lenta

Sweet Birch - Betula lenta

The Sweet Birch is almost ready to open.  This Sweet Birch lives beside my house.

The next photo is a Sweet Birch that lives in West Asheville with new leaves emerging from the bud.

Sweet Birch - Betula lenta

April 1 - The Sweetgum Tree - Liquidambar styraciflua

The Sweetgum tree has such interesting spring buds as shown in this photo by  Martin LaBar, Flickr

Sweetgum bud, opened, showing both new leaves and flowers a photo by Martin LaBar on Flickr.