My tree in May
So last month I started to follow a tree.
Here is a link to Loose and Leafy tree following page. I have also started a list to my own tree following posts on my sidebar.
The 7th of May was a very wet day. But you can see the leaves of the large horse chestnut had kept the ground beneath the tree reasonably dry.
I only had my little camera with me this time, but you can see how much the tree has changed in a month.
All the lime green leaves are open and we have buds and flowers.
It really was not the best weather to take photos I am afraid but I wanted to keep to as close to the 7th of each month as possible.
I found this little sapling growing at the base of the big tree.
But even in the shelter of the tree I was getting wet and retreated back to my car.
All photos in this post were taken on 7th May 2014
Horse chestnut trees are very majestic but sadly so many of them today seemed to have fallen prey to the dreaded canker that creates brown spot on their leaves. Your tree looks as if it has not done so, and fingers crossed, the one in our garden is also still without the decease.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever noticed that each blossom has a different colour on each cluster - they vary between having pink patches, to pale orange to yellow.
This tree is so beautiful and there a lot of different aspects to watch as it grows through the year.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tree with all the flowers and what a great idea to follow it.
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I love this idea. I'll be a tree follower by following your tree! :-) Ros
ReplyDeleteYou have chosen such a beautiful tree to follow - I love horse chestnut trees and they look so wonderful at this time of year:)
ReplyDeleteGreat photos and I LOVE the Horse Chestnuts at this time of the year!
ReplyDeleteAs I travel about my little world, I see interesting trees, so I have often thought about starting a tree photographing project. I don't know if we grow horse chestnuts here. My daughter is an arborist who saves trees. I wonder what she would say about your sick trees? Texas has the live oak which are massive trees with spreading branches that linger low to the ground. It will be fun to see the chestnut in fall.
ReplyDeleteYou've chosen a lovely tree to follow there.
ReplyDeleteI did a similar thing on my blog but I took just one photo from the same angle every month for a year and then did one blog post with all 12 photos on together to show how the tree changed over the year.
I have always loved horse chestnuts trees you have chosen a wonderful specimen. I had never noticed they have different colour flowers on the blossom. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteThe blooms are lovely. It is so nice to see green again. Things have greened up well in our part of the country.
ReplyDeleteEven with your "little" camera, Lyn, you take beautiful photographs!
ReplyDeleteThat is one magnificent specimen!
ReplyDeleteA belated Happy Birthday Lyn:-)
Jeanne
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Wonderful tree, and I agree with the comment above, you always take beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteAnnalisa x
Wonderful tree, and I agree with the comment above, you always take beautiful photos!
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I love Horse Chestnut trees, there used to be one in the garden of our family farm, it was massive, much taller than the house and very old. It blew down on X-mas eve one year, but luckily went the opposite way to the house. I was always fascinated by the flowers with their pink and yellow centres. What a lovely idea to follow it for a year, I look forward to the posts! Bethxx
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to find out which trees linger in spring and which spring into summer with gusto. Horsechestnuts are of the latter sort. Beautiful trees!
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