spring on the Walkway

 ^^spring opens on the Donald Park Walkway

 ^^early colour, Viburnum sp.

 ^^lawn crocus, Leigh Square along Donald Street

 

^^Wilson Street entrance

 

^^the Walkway bursts into colour every spring with magnolia, rhododendron and azalea flowers

^^snake's head lilies aka checker lilies or Fritillaria meleagris, at Atkins Avenue

 

^^one of a half dozen of magnolia species along the Walkway, this one on Kelly Avenue

^^this magnolia is just north of Atkins

^^and this one just south of Atkins

 

^^pink canopy

 ^^Atkins Avenue entrance

^^this recently relandscaped section is just north of Kelly Avenue

^^ toad lilies (Erythronium pagoda) Thanks to barvinok for the i.d.

^^at Kelly Ave, looking south

 ^^just one of dozens ...

^^

^^...along the Walkway

 ^^the show continues into a neighbouring yard

 ^^camellia sp.

 ^^trillium sp.

 ^^primula cultivar

 ^^primula cultivar

^^There's a bushtit nest in the lower branches of this tree.

 ^^even up close the nest is hard to see. Many birds nest along the Walkway every spring.

Thanks to Jaguar Landscaping Services for plant identifications.