My small Golden Raintrees have previously flowered and now have their inflated seedpods. The grove of Rain Trees should look amazing in flower when they are more mature.
Category Archives: Flowers
Aralia Elata
Aralia Elata flowers later than Aralia Spinosa. So there isn’t much of a chance for fruit to ripen.
Invasive Rose Hips
Multiflora Rose has been a part of this farm as long as I can remember. These Rose bushes create a lot of rose hips that the birds eat and spread the seed around. Red Rosette Disease killed a lot of the bushes though.
Bird Fruit
Aralia Spinosa can flower in late summer and by fall have berries for wildlife. The birds will quickly devour the fruit.
Fall Bracts
Not only are the white flowers of the Seven Son Flower attractive. The Pink Bracts that follow add beauty.
Cold Hardiest Paulownia Tree
So far I have grown 3 species of Paulownia. None of them have been hardy enough to become a tree in my Iowa climate. The last try is a Hybrid Paulownia, known as Paulownia Arctic. This hybrid suppose to be the cold-hardiest Paulownia available, so it is worth a chance to get this fast growing […]
Cosmos
Cosmos are an easy annual flower to grow. These flowers reward with a heavy flowering display.
Honeyberry Confusion
Honeyberries sometimes get confused and produce a few flowers in autumn. These flowers never ripen into fruit.
Firecracker Apple Tree Fruit
The Firecracker Crabapple is continuing to produce more and more fruit each year. A neat feature is the red flesh of this small apple.
Sunflower Relatives
Jerusalem Artichokes are perennial plants, that are related to Sunflowers. Also called Sunchokes, these plants are grown for their edible, underground tubers. They also have a good flower display in fall.