Calendar of Events for Virginia Trees
January - maple and birch sap flows on warm daysFebruary - sap flow continues, elms and red maple begin to bloom at end of month; leaf buds break on willow
March - sap flow ends; flowering begins for maples, spicebush, alder, bigtooth aspen, boxelder; leaf buds break on black cherry, boxelder, dogwood, multiflora rose and blackberry
April - flowering begins for shadbush, hackberry, holly; leaf buds break on tulip tree early in the month; most other trees follow a few weeks later
May - flowering begins for tulip tree, black cherry and oaks
June - flowering begins for catalpa, persimmon and basswood
July - flowering begins for southern magnolia
August -
September -
October - flowering begins for witch hazel
November -
December -
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