April 12, 2013 -- fragrant viburnum

Spring is arriving at warp speed in Virginia. Redbuds, which were late, went from bud to bloom in about 5 seconds. And I totally missed the bud stage (which is my favorite stage) of this viburnum (Viburnum carlesii). It's in full bloom now and fabulously fragrant.

There's leftover aucuba foliage in these bottles, too. It's pretty ragged, and I should probably have replaced it.