I was hoping that on this, my second ‘follow a tree’ post, the Corylus avellana ‘Red Majestic’ would have shed its winter coat. After all, the first week of April is over. But that hasn’t happened. Along with all the individuals I met up with, wandering around Montreal last week, (and wrote about here) his Majesty is still wearing his robes. Unlike those tidy city dwellers, however, he is looking quite disheveled.
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| I promise, there is a tree hidden under the burlap. And ground under the snow. |
There are promising signs. Like these growths, so tiny I can scarcely call them buds. But that’s what they are.
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| A sure sign that at least some of the branches are alive. |
The branches of the Corylus avellana are doing exactly what they should do, writhing, snake-like, trying to escape the confines of their winter tent.
Next month, there will be some leaves. I hope.
It seems spring weather was slow coming to Quebec as it was to Ontario. My tree following didn’t have much change from March to April, but already I can see changes so there will be lots to post about for May.
I’m not in Quebec at the moment but in very hot and sunny South Africa. But friends at home are sending photos of the spring flooding. That means things are warming up. Thank goodness!
Yes, it would be around this time that the ski hills would close and then summer just couldn’t come fast enough. Magnolias peaking here this weekend; just back from a three hour walk around the hood to see who’s blooming and who’s not! Beautiful!
Stay posted, Robert, for photos of South Africa. And check out the flooding in North Hatley. It may be at normal levels, maybe higher, but always impressive when the Pilsen Pub in partly underwater.