Canadian Firefighters Memorial, June 1, 2014

It looks like the plants on the outer perimeter, especially on the roadside, are not doing as well as the plants further in. This is probably due to the amount of salt used on the road in winter, which is in turn aerated by the passing traffic. Hopefully, over time those plants will establish themselves and become less affected by the environmental stress.

This downy serviceberry tree is just beginning to put out some leaves. You can see another downy serviceberry further away and to the right. It is further from the traffic of the road and it is full of leaves.

The sugar maple trees are doing quite well as are the blueberry bushes.

I noticed that this sign has a sticker over the QR code that says, "Coming Soon." My guess is that the National Capital Commission must be working on new web pages for the Ottawa memorials in its care.

It will be interesting to see how the plants near the road come ahead over the coming months.