Blooms from my backyard peach trees stand-in for cherry blossoms. Each spring I admire them with reverence. Each summer I curse them for their failure to produce edible fruit. The bees and squirrels don’t complain.
Absent cherry blooms
Peach blossoms pleasingly serve
Lovely spring display
The patio peach tree produces small, inedible fruit.
The featured image is a true peach tree. It does produce edible fruit, but I refuse to use chemicals necessary to prevent fungus and pests in the high summer humidity.
dVerse Haibun Monday 3/25/24: first [cherry] blossoms (hatsu hana), hosted by Frank J. Tassone.
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So lovely indeed
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Thank you, Sadje!😊
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You’re welcome ☺️
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Oh the blossoms are beautiful. ❤️
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Thank you!😊
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I love all trees, Jennifer, and peach trees are lovely. We have had quince, currently the plum tree has blossom on it, and after the cherry we will have apple blossom. A lovely spring display indeed!
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Thank you, Kim! Sounds like you have quite a collection of fruit trees. I have not seen a quince tree…
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Japanese cherry don’t prodice any fruits either…. they are kept for their flowers, I hope you do the same with the peach.
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Peach blossoms are even prettier than cherry blossoms.
I knew a peach tree once that was wild from a tossed pit. The fruit did well and was tasty but the skin was beyond fuzzy.
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I think so too! Maybe this summer I’ll also get a few tasty peaches…
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Lovely! This is my first closeup of peach blossoms. A good stand in for Cherry blossoms😊. Do they have a scent?
Pat
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Thank you! Yes, they have a subtle sweet scent. The bees love them!
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This is lovely; thanks for sharing, Jenn ❤
~David
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Thank you, David!😊
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What a lovely tree!
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Thank you from me and the tree!😊
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Cool you own a peach tree! 😀 🙂
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Thank you!😊
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