Walking yesterday on the West Side of downtown Binghamton, NY, I detected a lovely scent.
This is a tree that is becoming a common planting on the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street in some parts of our area - the Tree Lilac (Syringa amurensis). Unlike the French lilacs we associate with lilacs, these bloom later, and grow into small trees. Sometimes, these trees grow to 20 feet (6 m) or more. I love their scent. Some of the later blooming lilacs (Korean lilacs, I think, as they are short and have purple blooms) smell terrible to me. Not this one.
Here's the tree. Not all of the flowers were open yet. You can see part of a car in the lower left, which gives this a little scale as to the height.
A closeup of one of the flowers.
Finally, let's look in on a bumblebee enjoying a pollen bath.
Joining today with Parul at Happiness and Food for her second and fourth Thursday tree meme, #ThursdayTreeLove.
...this is a wonderful tree!
ReplyDeleteThey look beautiful. I am still trying to recollect if I've seen a lilac somewhere here. I photographed a small tree on my way to my little one's school, but I don't really know if they are the same. I enlarged the last image and enjoyed watching the bumblebee's morning routine.
ReplyDeleteThose are pretty. I would think they'd be too messy for the city to want as street trees, with the blossoms falling. How nice to have fragrant trees on your walk.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful. I bet they smell lovely.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I wonder if it would grow here?
ReplyDeleteI love the pretty little flowers on that tree!
ReplyDeletePretty flowers.
ReplyDeleteOh, I wish we had smellovision! Those trees look lovely.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty flowers! Yet another species thats new to me!
ReplyDeleteHow I wish to smell these! Must be such beautiful sight. Thanks for sharing this one, Alana. I hope to see you back on the 24th.
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