Apples, Pears, Plums and Cherries...

Weeping cherry from beneath, I can almost stand, I'm not sure if that says more about the tree or my height

Apple blossom and buds

My mother has always had a thing for fruit trees. If she spotted a small ropey one, looking like it might just keel over at any moment she would buy it for a couple of pounds and nurse it back to health and into a huge tree.  If it could have been nibbled all the way round by rabbits as well even better.  In this way she has gathered quite a collection: two apple trees, two cherries (which obviously don’t give you fruit) a pear and that beloved greengage.  In the spring the garden is a sea of frilly white and pink blossom on green and is definitely a highlight point.  She likes to work them bees hard!  Im pleased to report that the greengage is smothered in tiny fruit so despite not being seen during bee watch they got the job done.  They don’t call them pollinators for nothing.  The blossom is all gone now and the garden is now full of colour so its nice to look back to when the palette was more muted.  I appear to have completely ignored the pear when taking these photos and the greengage had been and gone I'm afraid.

More weeping cherry blossom

Cherry Blossom- was the first out so is dying a bit here

I obviously was in the mood for a bit of cherry because heres some more!