Tree Following - the Tree Grows

and so we reach August and it is time to go and stare at my Quince Tree to think about what to write about this month.  I realised as I stood there and looked at it that the tree is probably at its peak right now.
It has blossomed, it has quinced and its quincelets have fallen off.  It is now in the stage of producing growth and it is producing a lot of growth.
I wrote last month that it was growing at quite a pace and I realised when I looked at it just now that this pace is not yet abated.  It has probably grown more this year than it has done since I planted it.  It feels like the tree which has been in the ground here now for a good four years has finally decided it is going to settle in and grow.  I have observed this with most of the trees I have planted in this garden.  I have generally had to plant quite small young trees (or twigs as I like to call them) in the knowledge that over time they will grow.  It seems to take a couple of years, actually nearer to three or four before they seem to shrug their shoulders, sniff in an Eastenders sort of way and declare that they are staying, staying alive and actually going to do the business #sorted  It would appear that my quince tree has finally joined this group of trees in my garden, it has decided to mature and grow.
So does this mean I now have ridiculous, un-scientifically based optimism of getting a quince next year.......... of course it does!
Of course after August comes September so this growth will soon be stopping (if it has not already its just that I cannot tell by looking).  The leaves will start to turn soon, but for now this wonderful little tree is the Miss Jean Brody of trees, in its prime.