Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Early spring bloomers, 3 by Weerobin

Weerobin wrote:
Struggling through another cold spell.
I took some pictures yesterday to try to catch the blooms before overnight freeze.
#1 is Prunus x Hally Jolivette. I\'ve had a couple of these trees, they\'ve all been wimpy - straggly, never fully loaded with blooms, but I have a fondness for it for some reason - I think the flowers are really pretty.
#2 is Corylopsis gotoana March Jewel. Blooms densely on a very compact plant - only 2-3ft tall. Problem is, I planted it with a wire cage surrounding it to protect from deer. But I never got around to removing the cage, so the plant is now hopelessly enmeshed with it. I keep meaning to use wire cutters to rescue the plant in winter when it\'s easier to see, but haven\'t got around to it yet.
#3 is Daphne genkwa. This is just a 2yr old plant, so only a couple blooming stems. I had to replace a 15yr old spectacular D genkwa which was a marvel of bloom every spring. I\'m hoping this young guy will live up to the same standard.
#4 is my cute little Chaenomeles japonica var alpina Pygmaea. It blooms off/on from early spring thru late fall. Only a foot tall.
#5 is a surviving branchlet from a previously 8ft tall Magnolia stellata which got repeatedly mangled by deer rubbing to the point it just has a single branchlet left. Yet here it is, blooming it\'s little heart out.