Yep, it’s another edition of The Trees of Green Lake, a monthly series which draws from Trees of Green Lake, written and published by Arthur Lee Jacobson. This fantastic book is available for purchase directly from the author and for checkout at the Seattle Public Library.
Jacobson writes of the month of March at Green Lake Park:
By late March most native deciduous shrubs and trees are leafing out. We still may have serious frosts, not to mention much rain, and sometimes sunshine or fog for variety’s sake.
Trees:
ALDER catkins continue;
Alder catkins
photo credit: Deanster1983
Orchard APPLES may begin blooming in late March (white);
a few Bitter and Mazzard CHERRY may bloom in late March (white);
Whitcomb CHERRY continues (bright pink), and regular Higan CHERRY blooms (pink); [ed. note: Jacobson recently informed me that there may no longer be a Whitcomb Cherry tree at Green Lake park.]
‘Shirotae’ CHERRY (white);
Yoshino CHERRY (white or pale pink);
Yoshino Cherry
COTTONWOOD bud-scales fall all over, sticky and fragrant;
Cottonwood
Lawson CYPRESS releases pollen;
Cornelian-cherry DOGWOOD continues (yellow);
Cornelian-cherry Dogwood
ELM blossoms (inconspicuous);
Common HAWTHORN greens;
HORNBEAM catkins;
HORSE-CHESTNUT buds burst into leaf;
Horse-Chestnut
LARCHES greening;
Star MAGNOLIA begins flowering (white);
Star Magnolia
Bigleaf MAPLE blooms (yellow);
Bigleaf Maple
Bigleaf MAPLE seedlings continue to sprout;
Chinese PHOTINIA unfolds its coppery young leaves;
Chinese Photinia
Moseri and Cherry PLUM continue, with ‘Pissardii’ (white or palest pink);
Purple Pony PLUM (pink);
Coast and Sierra REDWOOD release pollen;
SERVICEBERRY begins blooming (white);
Serviceberry
TULIP TREES greening;
Goldtwig WILLOW is spectacularly bright;
Pussy-WILLOW buds out;
YEW continues.
Find the January edition of The Trees of Green Lake here and the February edition here.
