Four Trees A'Blooming #ThursdayTreeLove

"Let's take our hearts for a walk in the woods and listen to the magic whispers of old trees." -Unknown

These aren't all natives or even in woods, but they are all beautiful.

 Four trees that bloomed in the past couple of weeks in my part of the Northeast United States.

1.  A young red horse chestnut tree.  Learn more about the horse chestnuts here.  The red horse chestnut (Aesculus x carnea) is a hybrid coming from a cross between a horse chestnut and a buckeye, and may have originally come from Germany. It's increasing in popularity where I live.

2.  White dogwood (Cornus florida) in a wooded area off a popular rail trail.  Dogwoods are native to where I live and is a small understory tree when in the wild.  They are also popular in landscaping.  Their bloom for 2024 is over now - this was taken about a week ago.

3.  Pink dogwood, planted along the same trail as a tribute to a young woman who died from cancer. Pink dogwoods are native also but aren't common in the wild, as the pink flowers arise from a recessive gene.

4. It's hard to see this but I think this is a wild rhododendron.  I've never seen it locally (although they o grow in this area) and this came as a surprise.  I wish I could have gotten closer to it. 

Joining Parul at Happiness and Food for her twice a month #ThursdayTreeLove.