Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneA young peach on 6 June, cream-green with a warm tan blush along one flank and a suture groove down its near face, its whole surface a standing white nap of hairs that the direct sun picks out one by one against the dark of the canopy.Week of 6 JulyA young peach tree on 7 July, its leaves folded upward along a pale midrib so the whole canopy hangs as a mass of narrow drooping blades, and a handful of hard fruitlets sitting close in against the branches, grooved down one side.Week of 20 JulyPeaches on 20 July, still matte green and downy with a faint groove down one side, several tucked hard in against the wood, the long finely toothed leaves hanging round them in drooping sprays and breaking the sun into hard dapple.Week of 31 AugustPeaches on 2 September, still pale green washed with cream and butter yellow, fuzzy and hanging singly or in pairs tight against the smooth gray-brown wood, with the long narrow leaves around them going clear yellow in flat overcast light.Week of 7 SeptemberSeven peaches in the canopy on 11 September, velvety and golden yellow to soft orange along reddish-brown twigs, one streaked with red blush near the top — narrow leaves, many folded along the midrib, and dappled light through bright gaps.Week of 21 SeptemberPeaches, variety Peach, on 21 September: two fuzzy fruits side by side, the upper one split by a deep suture cleft running from the stem end down one cheek, the lower stippled pink across the crown. Warm indoor light on woven cotton.
