Appalachian Spring 2009

View from Cedar Bluff Overlook

Looking northeast, toward the Clinch River Valley

Church Street, Town of Tazewell

Dogwood in Bloom, Town of Tazewell

Baptist Church in background

Central Avenue, Town of Tazewell

In the background, the Walker House, a Victorian-era Tuscan Villa house

Central Avenue 2, Town of Tazewell

On the left, a Victorian-era Carpenter Gothic house; in the background, Rich Mountain

Central Avenue 3, Town of Tazewell

Central Avenue 4, Town of Tazewell

Redbud in bloom, Cedar Bluff

The Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis, is a small shrubby tree native to eastern North America from southern Ontario, Canada to northern Florida.

A stand of Redbuds, Cedar Bluff

Redbuds grow well in rocky soil, including roadcuts and other disturbed locations. It is what we have instead of kudzu.

Wild Dogwoods in young forest

Trees budding in mixed hardwood-evergreen forest

Mountainside Blooms 1

Mountainside Blooms 2

Redbuds 3

The redbud is called "spicewood tree" in some parts of southern Appalachia, where its green twigs are used as seasoning for wild game such as venison and opossum.

Redbuds 4

Virginia Tech Department of Forestry Cercis canadensis Fact Sheet

Redbuds 5

Redbuds 6

Redbuds 7

Flowering Crabapple

Wild white dogwood in bloom

Evergreens and sky

Pink dogwood 1

Pink dogwoods and pear tree

Pink dogwood 2

Pink dogwood 3

Town Hall and redbuds

Pink dogwood 4

Pink flowering cherry

Redbuds 8

Pine Street, Tazewell

Spring day at the lake

Dusk in Little Creek Cove

Rhododendron blooms, May 6

Rhododendron in our garden

Rhododendron blooms, May 6, no. 2

Wild dogwood blooms 1

Rhododendron blooms, May 9

Same rhododendron in our garden three days later

Rhododendron blooms, May 9, no. 2

Wild dogwood blooms 2

Willows and fog

Columbine bloom

Dogwoods blooming in side yard

Dogwoods in bloom

Rhododendron and ivy

Rhododendron blooms

More rhodo blooms

Iris 1

Iris 2

Lilies (1)

Lilies in bloom in east side yard garden, June 2009.

Lilies (2)

This lily patch has both Asiatic lilies, now in bloom, and daylilies - - foliage is out and abundant, but not blooming yet.