Nineteen Day Dogwood: Friday

Nineteen days after Easter: A few buds on the dogwood we’ve been watching are really quite beautiful!

Special note to readers in my microclimate (Metuchen and Edison): how are your dogwoods doing? Mine tends to flower-up a week ahead of most, and lose its leaves a week later, so I was just wondering if that trend is happening this year.
Nobody guessed that the tree would blossom by the nineteenth day after Easter. The next guess would be my original guess, made about a week before Easter — I said the tree would reach full blossom by April 13. But I’m not so sure about that now!

Carolina Girl said 23 days after Easter — April 15.

Steve G. said 24 days — April 16.

Nancy said 25 days — April 17.

Melissa said 38 days — April 30.

Jeff from Linden said 40 days — May 2.

Gabe said 51 days past Easter — May 13.

Readers have been trying to guess the number of days past Easter that our tree will reach FULL BLOSSOM, or, the point at which the majority of the blossom buds on the tree are all open to their fullest point. Hope you’re not too bored watching my dogwood! Not sure if I’ll manage to get a shot on Saturday. My camera’s in the shop getting the sensor cleaned (so I wouldn’t be able to get the shot early in the morning) and I have a very full schedule after that, including a big date tomorrow night to see Guys and Dolls at the high school with my sweet little Gregory. Love you, Gregory!