The Japanese White Birch is very attractive in spring. The male catkins look like ornaments on the tree.
Category Archives: Flowers
Willow Flowers
Some willow trees are very attractive in spring. The Bigfoot Willow is a male hybrid willow and has numerous catkins that make the trees look yellow for a short time before fully leafed out.
Asian Plum Flowers
The Ussurian Plums have started to flower. 2nd year in a row this tree has been loaded with flowers.
Nanking Cherry Spring Show
The Nanking Cherries(Prunus tomentosa) are some of the earliest flowering bushes around. They were full of flowers this spring.
Vermont Sun Forsythia
The first flowers to come from a tree or shrub this year was from my Vermont Sun Forsythia(Forsythia mandshurica ‘Vermont Sun’).
Paulownia Flower Buds
I noticed something in my Paulownia tomentosa tree. When I looked closer I saw they were flower buds. This is the first year they have formed. The very cold weather may kill the flower buds, but has been interesting nonetheless.
Joy Cherry
Joy and Joel Cherry are sour fruits that look like sour cherries. They are not actually a cherry, but similar. They are very ornamental with spring flowers, red fruits in late summer, and good fall color, too.
Golden Raintree Flowers
The Golden Raintree(Koelreuteria paniculata) flowers at a young age. The tree is very ornamental when clothed in the many flowers.
Shiny Green
I noticed a lot of green beetles in my flower garden this summer. This beetle is known as the Dogbane Beetle and has been feeding on milkweed.
Tobacco Hornworm
There has been a lot of Tobacco Hornworms of various colors this year. They have adapted and feed on the Mirabilis genus, the same flowering plants the adult moths use as their food source.