I Had No Idea
Can anyone guess what kind of tree this bloom belongs to?
I had no idea that maple trees bloomed until I decided to keep bees and started researching nectar sources for the bees in early spring. I must say, I think maples may be my new favorite tree. They give us shade, syrup, these beautiful flowers, and beautiful fall colors.
What’s your favorite tree?
Yes! I was going to say red maple :-) – okay, only reason at all I know that is the wonderful people at the maple farm gave a class that mentioned the flowering of the tree. I had no idea until that point.
Hmm. Favorite tree? I think I’d say black laurel is up there, and I also like plum trees. I haven’t seen them grown around here, but when I lived in North Carolina there were several in my area. I miss them.
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My favorite tree is the swamp maple in the fall. They are so beautiful. I don’t love all maple trees however. I don’t love mine in my front yard. They are Norway maples and are a non native, invasive species. I do wonder if I could tap them for the syrup though.
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That’s tough. Maples are by far my favorite midwestern tree. I say that only because there were so many trees I loved when we lived in AZ also. But I do love maples. And I’m particularly fond of japanese maples as well. I have two now – and know it’s only a matter of time before I get more!
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Favourite tree is an easy one! Cercidiphyllum japonicum!
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Birches, definitely birches for me!
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Oh my, this is rapidly becoming my favorite web site! You have the most wonderful discussion topics/questions; I loved the compost threads last week, and now trees, dearest to my heart. I don’t think I can name a favorite, though maples of all kinds are way up there. When we first moved to downeast Maine, I also fell in love with Tamarack (also called Hackmitac, or Eastern Larch). It’s a conifer that turns bright yellow, then drops its needles in the fall. When they come back in the spring, they’re the most delicious, verdant green (is that redundant?).
Daphne; don’t hate the Norways, tap them! They a sort of pathetic, weedy maple compared with a sugar maple, but they’re all we have here and we tap them every year. The only difference is a lower sugar content, so the yield is more like 70:1 than 40:1. Tastes just the same when it’s done though!
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Citrus tree is my favorite though I like my peach tree too. The citrus bloom just smells devine, bees ADORE the blooms! My tree has had bees on it for WEEKS throughout the current blooming season. Plus – fruit! What’s not to love!
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Oh a citrus would be nice. I have a dwarf indoor citrus, but it hasn’t bloomed yet. I keep hoping it will, although I think it doesn’t get enough sun.
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Quaking Aspen.
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Very nice photo. Many tree blossoms are pretty easy to miss.
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So true, we’re used to looking for cherry, crab apple and other blossoming trees, but not the normal ones like maple.
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When I saw the photo I knew it was a maple because it looked like the branches on the trees in our yards. Isn’t it neat the kinds of things that you learn along the way?
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American Beech is one of my favorites it is hard to pick just one. I saw Red Maples starting to make seeds today on a tree that had fallen in the woods.
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