Wordless Wednesday – Silver maple flowers … against a blue sky!

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Silver maple, Acer saccharinum, flowering now – 19/03/2018

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In spite of its brittle wood, dense root system, vigorous re-sprouting and prolific seeding around (it’s one of the top ‘don’t plant near your house’ trees), the silver maple remains a beautiful landscape tree

 

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8 Responses to Wordless Wednesday – Silver maple flowers … against a blue sky!

  1. Simply gorgeous! Thanks!

  2. Eliza Waters says:

    Ah, lovely, a sight for sore eyes!

  3. Lovely, a colour for tomorrow!

  4. Tina says:

    So beautiful–both the sky and the silver maple flower. Spring!!

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