Linden!
No, this is not my favourite Silver Linden (Tilia tomentosa), but another species (Tilia platyphyllos?) that goes into bloom earlier. I noticed the first open flowers on this tree on 15 May, and I think it was still too early, but maybe that was due to the short period of almost-summer weather we had before the rains began. I didn't manage to get a single photo in focus back then because of that notorious wind that kept moving the the branches, so here is what I have of a later stage.
The leaves of this species don't have the silvery undersides, and the stamens of the flowers have so long! They smell different fro Silver Linden flowers too.
21 May:
The leaves of this species don't have the silvery undersides, and the stamens of the flowers have so long! They smell different fro Silver Linden flowers too.
21 May:
