This tree is blooming two weeks earlier than last year

 

What is this tree  whose annual flowering time is two weeks
sooner than last year? I've been photographing
the same trees for two years and this year was surprised
to see one tree bloom three days ago that last year
didn't bloom until April 25-26. And the similar tree next
to it that bloomed on April 20 last year hasn't shown any indication
of
blooming yet this year. See

http://cpacker.org/20090426.jpg

http://cpacker.org/20100413.jpg

The full time lapse series for last spring is at
http://cpacker.org/trees

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Charles Packer
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Charles Packer wrote:

 From this distance it looks like a flowering plum tree.  I'm in SW
Michigan, and everything here is blooming about two weeks early, too.
This is an honest-to-God early spring this year.

Tony

 

wrote:


It could also be a callery pear. They can get a bit unruly at times
and are one of the earlier bloomers.

We are 2 weeks early this spring in Northern NJ, too.

Boron

 


In my area of PA,  they are worried that the apple trees bloomed way too
early.  We have had several nights of frost with more to come since the
trees went into bloom.  Needless to say,  there goes the apple harvest
and it looks like we can expect the prices of fruit to be sky high!
It's only April and we had at least two weeks of June weather which I
suspect is the culprit.

Rich