5/28/11 PLANT SALE, LATE APPLES, EARLY SPIREA

FOUNTAIN GARDEN PARK...

...ANNUAL PLANT SALE

ROADSIDE APPLE TREE

EARLY CRAB APPLE

EARLY SPIREA

Saturday, 8:30 AM.  48 degrees, Wind E, calm.  It is  raining lightly and there is some fog over the channel.  The barometer predicts more of the same.
    This morning is the annual plant sale in Fountain Garden Park just down the street.  It is an all volunteer effort to raise funds for the upkeep of the park, which is owned by the Bayfield Historical Association.  It’s a little confusing, but that’s the way things get done in a small community.
    Apples and crab apples, both in the genus Malus, are beginning to bloom in earnest now, about ten days late.  There are countless varieties of apples and crab apples, the genus being  genetically very malleable.  The edible apple originated in central Asia ages ago and is one of the first cultivated fruits.
    The earliest Spireas are blooming, this one being the hybrid ‘Grefscheim.’  The old fashioned bridal wreath Spirea will bloom any day now.
    It looks like it will be an off-again, on-again rainy holiday weekend, and that’s O.K. with me, I need some time off from gardening and landscaping.