Friday 12 April 2013

Springtime in Istanbul

This very urban setting, so far as I've managed to see, has a few surprises:
 Cercis canadensis, or Judas Tree;
 unknown tree just greening up;
The most ginormous wisteria I've ever seen! this covers a 4-5 story building, not seemingly accessible (how does it get pruned?) literally carpeting the side of this edifice.
All tulips so far have been in regimented municipal park beds - where are the wild tulips of the mountains?

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