Successional Spring Blooms

The pandemic forced us to slow down. Here is a pictorial guide to blooming trees in our Grove of Remembrance, from March until June. It’s a tour of successional spring pollination. This is not a complete guide of flowering trees, but simply what we saw and photographed in the Grove.

Star magnolia, magnolia stellata, March 25th
Serviceberry, amelanchier canadensis, April 14th
Crabapple, malus var., April 25th
American holly, Ilex opaca, May 5th
Red buckeye, aesculus pavia , May 5th
Silverbell, Halesia carolina, May 5th
Hawthorn, crataegus viridis, May 15th
Flowering dogwood, cornus florida, May 25th
White fringetree, chionanthus virginicus, May 25th
Rhododendron, ponticum, common rhododendron, May 30th
Tree lilac, syringa reticulata, June 16th
American linden, tilia americana, June 20th