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| RASPBERRIES BEGINNING TO BLOOMN... |
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| LEMON-SCENTED FLOWERS |
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| PAGODA DOGWOOD,... |
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| ALMOST IN FULL BLOOM |
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| AN ARTISTIC MOSAIC |
Wednesday, 8:45 AM. 45 degrees F, wind NW, light with stronger gusts. The sky is mostly overcast but the sun is struggling through the gloom. It rained again last night, but the barometer predicts sunny skies. The reflections of clouds and sun and the patterns created by shifting, wrestles winds created an artistic mosaic on the surface of the channel waters this morning.
Raspberries are beginning to bloom in earnest now, their blossoms surprisingly large and pretty, with a very delicate lemony scent. Makes me think raspberries and lemon sauce or ice cream would be a delectable combination. There are too many different wild raspberry species and sub-species for me to say anything more about them than that they are all in the genus Rubus, in the rose family.
The pagoda dogwood, Cornus alternifolia, is blooming now, not quite fully. It is an unusual shrub in the landscape and in the genus Cornus, its strongly alternate branching habit giving it a rather distinctive Oriental appearance. It is also the only species of Cornus that has alternate leaves and branches. It is quite beautiful in the landscape but I find it finicky to transplant and establish, and it has a tendency to develop a branch blight that can be rather troubling. Use it, but with the anticipation that it may be problematic.
They ‘re baaack! Questions regarding President Obama’s place of birth and whether he can constitutionally be President of the United States have arisen again because of a written statement that has come to light that he made to promote his autobiographical book, long before he was a candidate for President. He stated that he was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia. It seems to me he is either a natural born citizen, or a natural born liar. He can’t have it both ways.
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