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.
