Glorious Blossoms on a Bright Spring Day

            Yesterday was what appears to be the real beginning of spring weather here in Melbourne.  In fact, after some very cold days, we are about to move into above average temperatures for spring.  Regardless of whether it is above average or not, it was too beautiful a day not to take a stroll, and so I did.

On my walk, I passed an ornamental apple blossom tree which has burst into bloom as a result of the warm weather.  Its branches are now heavy with a mixture of fresh green leaves and beautiful bright carmine, pink and white blossoms like these.  The blue sky around the tree, warm with sunshine and sweet with perfume was abuzz with an infinite number of busy bees happily collecting pollen.  It was a pleasure to stand beneath this mature tree and take a few photos and observe the frolics of the happy bees.

Malus is a genus of about thirty to fifty-five species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple, crab apples and wild apples.  It also includes ornamental apple blossom trees. The genus is native to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere.  At the beginning of spring, pink and carmine red buds appear on the ornamental apple blossom tree. The color then changes to shift to variations of pure white, pink or red as the blooming evolves. At the end of the blooming season, the tree will be covered in deep green foliage that turns to orange red in autumn.  At the end of summer, small red, orange or yellow apples appear and will stay on the tree for the most part of winter if not harvested.  They are not edible, adding to the ornament of the ornamental apple blossom tree.

Taken in: Australia / Victoria / Thornbury West (show map)

Taken on: September 13, 2023

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