March week 3

What a nice couple of days we've had, finally being able to go outside without a coat. There are so many things blooming now I can't keep track of them all.

Bulbs included:
grape hyacinths,

spring snowflake,

daffodils,
and hyacinth, to name a few.
Shrubs included:
winter jasmine (is it really a shrub?)
flowering quince,
daphne,and the winter holdover below, winterberry. And you can still find camellias, witchhazel, and contorted hazel looking gorgeous.
Trees included:
red maple, cornelian dogwoods, the saucer magnolia below,star magnolia,

pear,
and this plum. I think it's a plum. All these early spring bloomers, apricots, plums, cherries, pears, apples—they all kind of blur together for me.

And though they're not as showy, red cedars are covered with (kind of) interesting brown male flowers.

You can see the rest of my week 3 photos on flickr.