March week 4

Leaves are finally starting to come out, which means I can start to do some road trips and garden sightseeing soon. Bare gardens aren't that much fun to look at. Here's what I came across around town this week:

In my garden:
Bleeding heart,

and lungwort.
In Colonial Williamsburg:
the first tulips of the season,

boxwood,

and an unfurling goldenrain tree leaf.
Cherries were everywhere this week, though I'm not that knowledgeable on varieties. So I can't tell you which one this is.

Natives perennials included spring beauty,

and Jacob's ladder.
Two yellow-blooming native shrubs I came across were spicebush

and fragrant sumac.

Native trees included sassafras,

redbud (not quite fully open),

and red buckeye.

And here's a yellowwood leaf unfurling along with a tiny flower bud.

You can see the rest of my week 4 photos here: