Dang

Peach blossom. Tree is all budded out. Not good. Confusing weather. Maybe, just maybe, the tree will freeze and won't flower early and be frozen this coming spring - like has happened for the past three years. Had peaches the first or second year and they were REALLY good.

Fall Color

The South can't match the glorious fall colors of the North. We do have a lot more green, though, and rarely any snow.

This little oak showing off. 

Nandina Domestica

Otherwise known as Sacred Bamboo. From the family Berberidaceae, it is not a bamboo, rather, it is an evergreen shrub. ALL parts are poisonous and it decomposes to produce hydrogen cyanide. Even so, it is not toxic to humans. It IS considered an invasive. This one just happens to already be in a happy spot next to my house and hasn't grown huge or otherwise obnoxious. The berries contain Nantenine, which is currently being researched as an antidote to MDMA. That would be nice.