If I’d realized how unbelievably stunning peach blossoms were, I’d have planted one a long time ago. I might have to do that come winter. Just imagine — gorgeous blooms AND delicious fruit… I’ll ponder on that as I’m working in the garden this spring. I took these images while at Natural Gardener just over a week ago.
A Snowberry Clearwing Moth was enthralled with the blossoms, too, but for tasty nectar.
Peachy keen!
I have to agree, Meredith. They are beautiful! I’m not sure they’d do well here in our zone 5, but I did see them at a nursery recently. I’ll have to do a little more research :).
Hope you are enjoying your spring so far.
Excellent capture of the moth! And now I’m wishing I had a peach tree.
Meredith, you solved a inquiry for me in your last photo. I saw this moth in a photo I took last year and had no idea what it was. It was on my Duranta. Great photo BTW.
Beautiful! Great shot of that moth 🙂
You’re right Meredith, peach blossoms are beautiful! And they also produce the most juicy and delicious fruit. I’ve been wanting to plant a couple peach trees in my backyard, but still don’t have an area prepped for it yet. I’m considering planting ‘Redhaven’ and Lemon Elberta ‘Gleason’ varieties. How about you?
That’s a great capture of a moth approaching the blossoms.
I love reading your blog, because it’s like a look into my own future, about a month or so. Clearwings already? I love seeing them in my garden… they’re “only” a moth, but so fascinating. =)
Love your last photo especially, with the moth and its curly stylus! My peach has been in bloom the last couple weeks, hoping that the pollinators have found it despite the cool rainy weather. I have it fan-trained against the south side of our garage, so the pink blossoms really stand out against the pale-yellow wall. Last year we got 100 peaches off the one tree!
Wow! How did you capture that moth picture? All the photos are breathtaking! Do Peach blossoms have an amazing scent like Crabapples? Simply beautiful!
Our almond tree blooms with similar dazzle. I have gone back and forth about peaches, wondering whether we would eat enough of them to justify allotting some of our little space to such a tree.
But the images here are a fine argument in favor of a peach.