Photo Friday: April Bloomers

Today I though I would share some of the blooming things we have here in early April. First up is our flowering cherry tree. It’s loaded with big pink blossoms.

flowering cherry tree

flowering cherry tree

Also pink, one of our azalea bushes is particularly full this year. It’s in shade for most of the day but not this morning.

pink azaleas

pink azaleas

Down lower to the ground, the lamium is blooming now. I believe this one is called Silver Beacon.

Silver Beacon lamium

Silver Beacon lamium

A wild relative, the purple deadnettle is also blooming everywhere you look.

purple deadnettle

purple deadnettle

And where you see deadnettle, you often see henbit. We’ve got them both! Our mild winter has made fields turn purple, at least until the farmers start working them.

henbit

henbit

Also down low we have lots of sweet violets blooming, in shades of purple and white.

purple violet

purple violet

Up a bit higher, the blueberries are starting to bloom. They aren’t quite as showy now, but the berries that come later will be lovely indeed, as well as tasty.

blueberry blooms

blueberry blooms

And even higher up, the pie cherry trees are almost done blooming. We might get enough for a cobbler this year if we are lucky!

blooms on pie cherry tree

blooms on pie cherry tree

I hope you have enjoyed this look at some of the blooms of April here at Happy Acres. I’ll be back soon with more happenings!

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3 Responses to Photo Friday: April Bloomers

  1. Sue Garrett says:

    Flowering cherries are spectacular at this time of year

  2. Michelle says:

    So pretty, thanks for sharing!

  3. Margaret says:

    Beautiful blooms 🙂 I was surprised by the blueberry blossoms as I can’t say that I’ve actually ever seen them before.

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