I cherish the years that my Peach trees produce, since they do not produce fruit every year. This year will not be as great as the glorious 2013, where I had over a thousand pounds of fruit, but the Redhaven Peach will provide a lot of peaches for fresh eating.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Poor Little Milkweed
I came across a Milkweed plant that was full of Milkweed Tussock Moth and Monarch Caterpillars. Milkweed is a common weed around here. Lately I have been mowing around them and generally letting Milkweed live and propagate, to help some of the insects that depend on this toxic plant.
Redhaven Peach
Redhaven Peach is a lot bigger than the Whitney Crabapples. This year will be a better Peach producing year than last year.
July Apples
I’ve started eating some of the Whitney Crabapples and Zestar! Apples. So far these two are my earliest apple varieties.
Up Up and Away
World of Poplars
Poplar trees, of the Populus genus, can come in a lot of variety of leaf shapes, sizes, and colors. The giant leaf of the Chinese Necklace Poplar dwarfs the leaves of the Golden White Poplar.
Mello Yello
The new Variegated Catalpa graft is putting on good growth this summer. Catalpas are big-leafed trees, so the variegation is very noticeable on the new leaves.
Cherry Sucker Versus Goji Berry
Goji Berries haven’t done very well in my climate. These plants grow like they are half vine and shrub, sprawling all over. The leaves fall off prematurely and the the fruit is usually ate up by the birds. Now a Carmine Jewel Cherry sucker has grown incredibly close to the Goji Berry, threatening to take […]
False spirea
False Spirea can refer to any of the species in the Sorbaria genus. The flowers on all the different species will attract a lot of insects.
Daylily Seedlings
There are various Daylilies that grow tall and are a good choice to be propagated on my Oasis. The flowers can rise above most of the green.