Our contrasting trees

As the weeks are rolling on, our trees are quickly getting their leaves. It really transforms our garden to have the green canopy over parts of the garden. Living in a semi-rural area has made us both very aware of the change in the seasons. While the temperature is still in the teens most days, and the nights are quite cold, the garden is moving into spring.

How can this all be a random accident?

But we have one tree that isn't following suit. When we bought our home we had a very stark back yard, and we bought a "mature tree" in the hope it would give us a lovely specimen tree quickly. It is a beautiful October Glory Maple and should be a blaze of red next autumn. At this stage we would be delighted to just see some leaves of any colour!

We examine it every day, and convince each other that the little buds are definitely getting bigger.

Meanwhile everything else is bursting into life! We will keep you informed of any progress with our recalcitrant tree.