White Flowering Almond (Prunus glandulosa 'Alba Plena')

Here are some more images from my brief spring morning walk after the rains.  The White Flowering Almond always catches my eye when it is in bloom.  Here we have one bush left un-pruned in the row in our cutting wood orchard.  A whole row (hedge) of these bushes is quite spectacular.

Budwood Orchard Row of Flowering Almonds

Walking a little bit east down the same row, we run into the Pink Flowering Almond (Prunus glandulosa "Rosea Plena'.  They are aleady a few days past peak color - hence some faded pink already showing.

Here is a shot of the Pink Flowering Almond I took two years ago:

Pink Flowering Almond (Prunus glandulosa 'Rosea Plena')

We used to sell a lot of both of these plants but for some reason not as many anymore.  Don't really know why - maybe Sunset Magazine needs to write a feature article on it to make it popular again.  I had a pink one in my front yard for years.  Bloom time was spectacular and the rest of the season it was just a nice green bush.

Ron Ludekens 4-4-2011