Thunderbird Picture Challenge IV

[Tbear]

At the place where we would meet for the show and shine on Thursdays. Kinda lonely these days.

[steelblue5505]

Spotted this eye catching view as I was standing in my garage looking out. I had just moved the car out from removing the HT, so I call this 'Coming Out for Spring'. The white Birch tree in the background has its limbs nicely reflected in the trunk lid.
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[5bird7]

Took this one this year, in March, when the Bradford Pears were blooming and the sky was blue IMG_3345tbird blue.JPG

[Rosebud]

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Note the Rodie bloom in the door

[wcoates]

At the place where we would meet for the show and shine on Thursdays. Kinda lonely these days.

Tbear if remembering correctly (yeh at my age---right!) the black car had a paint problem when you bought it. Looks great today, what did you do to revive it?

[snowbird]

Over ten years ago at our old place in Oakville .


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[EllisonCal]

Took this one this year, in March, when the Bradford Pears were blooming and the sky was blue IMG_3345tbird blue.JPG

I had two of these Bradford Pears in front of my house, then one of them split in half. After paying $500 to have it removed and hauled away, a week later the other one broke. Paid another $500 and replaced them with 3 Palmetto Trees. I miss the flowers but in South Carolina trees have to withstand tropical storm force winds,and we get them every summer.

[2K2BIRD]

Bradford pear trees are notorious for splitting. The wood is too soft to support its own weight.

[FUN X 3]

We had a Bradford Pear in our yard back in VA. They are beautiful when they bloom, but the "fragrance" they give off is unpleasant. As with yours, they aren't hardy after years of growth and tend to split apart, and ours did also.

[EllisonCal]

20180606_091005.jpg Horticulturists, please tell me what this tree/shrub is. It blooms every June starting around the first week and lasting about 3 weeks. This picture was from last year before Hurricane Dorian trimmed it. It is coming back though, hopefully have another bloom in 3-4 weeks.

[steelblue5505]

Cal, that is looking like a Jacaranda tree. Look it up & see if I am correct. Popular for their blue- purple color but always dropping stuff to be cleaned up after. They are a very beautiful tree even when not in bloom, very graceful sway in a breeze.

[Tbear]

Tbear if remembering correctly (yeh at my age---right!) the black car had a paint problem when you bought it. Looks great today, what did you do to revive it?

Bill, Thanks for noticing. Lots of work in this car, but is was fun. We removed the bad paint to the primer and repainted. It has a new windshield, windshield side moldings, chrome hood scoop, tires, windshield header panel, auto dimming mirror with compass and another console. It ended up looking pretty good to me for a poor man's paint job. I also had the transmission rebuilt and the ac compressor replaced (service policy came in handy). I still have more I want to do but for right now I am happy with the results.

[5bird7]

I had two of these Bradford Pears in front of my house, then one of them split in half. After paying $500 to have it removed and hauled away, a week later the other one broke. Paid another $500 and replaced them with 3 Palmetto Trees. I miss the flowers but in South Carolina trees have to withstand tropical storm force winds,and we get them every summer.

What can I say. They were there when we bought the place along with many other shrubs misplaced. I knew it when we moved in. We've been slowly removing. as plants get diseased or overgrown. Replant with natives.

But you have to admit, makes a really nice backdrop for a car pic.

[EllisonCal]

Same here Dot, the house I bought was 10 years old and the Bradford Pears were even younger. But from what I've learned they age out in about 25 years and the sheer weight of the branches and weakness of the trunk causes them to split and there is very little that you can do to save them after they reach that age and shape.

I was hoping you or someone else could help me identify my blue flowering tree. One day I took a sprig and brought it to a garden shop. The person there identified it by the leaf shape and aroma. But that was years ago, and my 78 year old brain can't remember what they said it was.

[007Cruiser]

20180606_091005.jpg Horticulturists, please tell me what this tree/shrub is. It blooms every June starting around the first week and lasting about 3 weeks. This picture was from last year before Hurricane Dorian trimmed it. It is coming back though, hopefully have another bloom in 3-4 weeks.

The image is not sharp enough for me to be sure but it may be wisteria.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria