Buddleja Alternifolia is cold hardier than the common Butterfly Bush(Buddleja davidii). Where as the latter does not come back after winter, the former keeps coming back each year in my rough climate. Some Butterfly Bush flowers below my Golden Silver Maple.
Category Archives: Flowers
Metallic Blue Worms
I found an attractive insect in the flower garden. There were many of these larvae on the Goldenrod(Solidago). They are the larvae of Goldenrod Leaf Beetle.
Crambe Cordifolia Flowering
Crambe Cordifolia is a large plant that reliably flowers. The plants can become as tall as me with their large flower stalks.
Flowering Weeds
I found a small weed in my nursery and it had tiny attractive flowers. I removed the weed soon after and made room for the planted plants.
Purple Catalpa Flowering
The Purple Catalpa has flowered the past couple years. I didn’t get any pods last year, but when I do, I will plant some seed since they come fairly true to seed.
Male Flowers of the Melon Tree
Che, often called Melon Tree, is a marginally hardy fruit tree in my area. The female died in the harsh winter, but the male had no dieback and has flowered this month. These trees have been called Cudrania tricuspidata, but now are classified in same genus as Osage Orange and are called Maclura tricuspidata. Nurseries […]
Yellowhorn Seedpods
My young Yellowhorn bushes flowered this year and started to develop seedpods. Also known as the Popcorn Shrub because of how the flowers look.
Amur River North Privet Flowering
Amur River North Privet is easy to propagate from cuttings. This Privet also flowers while quite small, too.
Purple Robe Locust Limb Breakage
Some trees like the Purple Robe Locust grow fast and have a great flower show every year. But this hybrid tree has a poor form and has the top break out often in storms.
False Indigo Bush
The False Indigo Bush is quick to flower. Though the flowers are kind of bland.