How do you like them apples?

Complementing the hostas spectacular of the previous post, there are a couple of other blooming plants in their heyday right now, so here are a few phone cam images of those.

There is a big apple tree in the front yard that we didn't expect much from - it hasn't been pruned in a decade and was infested with tent caterpillars this Spring, not to mention all the woodpecker tracings on the trunk and branches. Yet, here is a photo of a branch weighed down with fruit, and we've been finding partially eaten apples on the ground from squirrel feending frenzies. There is too much worker and construction traffic in the neighborhood right now to attract deer, but I wouldn't be surprised if those residents in the hollow weren't making their way over from time to time.

Regretfully, I didn't get a photo of the apricot tree in Alexandria. This legacy tree was planted by the previous owners, who were from California and Hawaii. You would never have known that tree wasn't a Virginia native this year from all the fruit it bore - much to the delight of the neighborhood squirrels.

Also, as a follow-up to an earlier post about bee balm, here are all the plants in bloom right now, near the small shed. They really make a showy grouping.

And lastly, a double-blossomed lilly that we were pleased to find. There is a small group of about five of these nestled in with a larger bed of daylillies near the parking space.