I’ve been planting some Crabapples that were grown from seed. They flower at an early age and produce small fruit for birds.
Category Archives: Shrub
Juneberry
Also known as serviceberries, these bushes and trees belong to the genus Amelanchier.
Nanking Cherry Seedlings
The Nanking Cherry bushes are a great ornamental that provides reliable fruiting most years. . The seeds tend to germinate very easy, as can be seen from the above photo.
Balaton Cherry Flower Display
The Balaton Cherry has been rewarding me with flowers in the spring and cherries in the summer. The fruit has attractive flesh that is dark red.
Carmine Jewel Cherry Mass Flower Display
The Carmine Jewel Cherry Bush is growing larger than I thought it would. It is pretty reliable for large quantities of flowers.
Rhododendron Flowering
I have one little Rhododendron growing. This bush starts flowering at a very small size.
Ussuri Plums Blooming
The Ussuri plums usually give a good flower display in early spring. Hopefully this results in a good fruit yield for me.
Afforestation
Slowly I have been planting more trees in former pasture. I make sure to mix some conifers in for wildlife cover.
Fall Colors 2014
Some of the good colors I saw this fall: Just a common American Hazelnut showing some good color change. Amur Maple is routinely one of the best for fall color display. Devil’s Walking Stick turns color earlier than most trees and usually is dependable for color every year. Black Cherry can have yellow and red […]
Fall Flowers
The heavy rains caused some normally, spring-flowering plants to produce flowers in fall.