Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Spring flowering shrubs/trees, 2 by Pistil

Pistil wrote:
OK, Y'all inspired me. I am going to do it-Yesterday on my way home I bought the stuff for a raised bed for my Blue Poppy Project. Oh, I guess this is the Trees and Shrubs forum. Well, Here are photos of my bedraggled Tree Peonies and deciduous azalea-There was a terrible hailstorm here yesterday, they are all in full bloom. The leaves came through unscathed, but the blooms are smashed. Oh well there are more buds and they look fine. Other plants like phlomis had some leaf damage, most are remarkably fine. Even my planter boxes seem OK. I had planted them less than 24 hours before with tender annuals, then they had ice drifts on them for several hours before it all melted. Here is a photo taken about 2 hours after the storm. The potted plant is my cutting grown Cestrum I had put out to harden off! This is not Perlite.
BTW Weerobin, Mobot in spring sounds great. But- I think we all appreciate you as a dedicated plant collector/grower/adventures-in-wild-gardening/fabulous-jumble-of-odd-plants-wrapped-in-wire-to protect-from-deer kind of person. If you spent your time making a lovely landscaped suburban garden it would not be nearly as interesting. Hint hint... And the only weeds I ever see are those in my own garden.