We have a lovely row of Japanese Dogwood trees across our front yard. Most of the year they are like other deciduous trees with leaves in the spring that grow, turn colors and fall off in the fall.
Along about June, these trees have beautiful white flowers that look gorgeous when they all blossom at the same time.
The blossoms last several weeks and the center of each blossom is the seed pod. They continue to grow all summer and by October they turn a bright orange! Looks like little pumpkins all over the tree!
Just to show you the size of the seed pods, I picked a few.
I first thought I could collect a few and use them as decorations around the house…NOPE! Within a day or two they turned an ugly brown.
Bert also discovered when they fall to the ground and he runs the mower around the trees…they become splattering projectiles. What a mess!
Happy October!
Wow! How cool! I had no idea that Dog Woods did that. Beautiful and happy Fall!
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