Fifty Year Old Bloomers

Having a fifty-one year old house can be a real pain, but there is one distinct advantage to living in an old house and old neighborhood: the mature plants! Check out these blooming bradford pears in our yard, some of the largest I have ever seen:

I know these trees are nearing the end of their lives, so I am extra appreciative of the beautiful blooms each spring.

This camellia is easily twice the size of the one I posted recently. It blooms about a month later. It's blooming now, but this picture is from last year - check out the one white bloom near the bottom:

It had a hundred or more hot pink blooms and one white one. I haven't seen another white one before or since. A close-up:
These old bloomers are pretty much care-free. No watering or fertilizing. We did have one of the bradford pears that was leaning precariously pruned a bit last year.