Prunus blossoms at GSO Arboretum - February 2019


These are some blossoms that can easily be seen at a distance from the highway on W. Wendover Ave.  I managed to walk around in the GSO Arboretum to get these blossoms close up.  I was lucky to be there when the temps were in the 60s as 2 days later the blossoms were not photogenic. These are members of the Prunus species.  The image on the left is an apricot blossom while the image on the right is an variety of an ornamental plum.  These always bloom about a month before the Cherry Blossoms in our zone.  I took these images with my DSL-R 50mm prime lens for my Sony.  It was a bright sunny day which was good because it was very windy.   Minimal Post Processing with PSE 15.    

Ornamental plum trees belong to the Prunus genus, which also includes flowering varieties of almond, apricot, cherry, nectarine and peach. Known collectively as stone fruits, these trees produce little or no eating-quality fruit but are prized for their springtime display of blossoms. For more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum 

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