April 11, 2026
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April 2
- hop hornbeam
- peaches (blossoms and leaves; only 7 flowers on one in back yard, 30 on newest one on terrace, 100-200 on older peach on terrace)
- lilac and maple in front (and perhaps earlier than this)
April 4
- pagoda dogwood
- red osier (existing, not cuttings)
- American hazelnut (and a fair number of new shoots)
- apples on eastern hillside
- hop hornbeam
April 5
- Flowering dogwood
- black cherry
April 8
- Tulip poplar
- apples on terrace
- some of the red osier cuttings I planted
April 10
- Eastern redbud
- pear
April 12
- apples on eastern hillside beginning to flower; black arkansas a bit ahead of the winecrisp
April 14:
- flowering dogwood is flowering
April 15:
- red or sugar maple
- northern catalpa buds beginning to swell
April 16:
- Ashe's magnolia
- red or black oak
April 17:
- white fringetree
- white oak buds beginning to swell
- northern catalpa
- milkweeds have come up quickly, about 3 inches tall (I think common, not yet butterfly)
Nothing yet aside from buds: bur oak, black walnuts, bald cypress, chestnuts.
Need to check on the black tupelo.