By fall, the Pin Cherry looks like it is on fire. This small cherry has already flowered, but still doesn’t yield any fruit for wildlife.
Category Archives: Trees
English Walnut Fading
This English Walnut is getting closer to losing its leaves for winter. None of my English Walnuts have had nuts yet, hopefully they still do this decade, as they never did the last decade.
Sumac Pine
While the Smooth Sumac are changing their leaf color, the Pitlolly Pines remain green. Both of these plants are fast growing, but the Pitch x Loblolly Hybrid Pines go vertical, while the Smooth Sumac go horizontal.
Narrowleaf Ash
Narrowleaf Ash is an exotic species of Ash. This species looks different than the native species of Ash, as the leaflets are more narrow.
Ussuri Plum Coloring Up
Ussuri Plums can have good fall color. Too bad most of them are dying out.
Green Ash
Green Ashes aren’t known for their fall color, but they can have a good yellow fall color. These trees are threatened by Emerald Ash Borer that is making its way across Iowa.
Bunches of Pear Fruit
The questionable Pear variety that I think is Kieffer, had a lot of pear fruit this year. The tree has large bundles of fruit, yet the tree has a strong frame and does not break with the load. There is probably hundreds of pounds of Pear Fruit currently in the tree.
Jujube Variability
Another one of my Jujube seedling rootstocks developed fruit this year. This tree had bigger fruit, maybe showing variable fruit genetics. The conditions were right this year, as they have flowered for multiple years, but this year was the first that any Jujube tree created fruit.
Predictable Fall Color
I keep transplanting the root suckers of the Devil’s Walkingstick and spreading them throughout my Oasis. The fall color of these suckering shrubs add early fall color in the landscape and are easily spotted with their purplish foliage.
Chestnut Litter
My Hybrid Chestnut is full of Chestnut Burrs. The ground is littered with all the burs and empty shells. Because of lack of cross pollination, the nuts are empty, but this bur had 7 in it! Every once and awhile I do find a filled Chestnut or find the remains of one, as the wildlife […]