I collected various apple and pear scions for grafting. Avenarius apple and Turnbull pear are a couple examples of what I will try to graft later this spring.
Category Archives: Trees
Snow Melted, Remaining White in the Landscape
Japanese White Birches stand out in the winter when there is no snow. They are attractive trees though can suffer from drought.
Longer Days, Colder Nights
The cold has continued to persist this month. While I wait for spring, I continue to enjoy the warmth of the sunsets.
Valentine’s Day Heartnut
The Heartnut is a beautiful nut that fits right at home on Valentine’s Day. The nut is easy to crack and remove from the shell. Too bad most of my trees have dieback from harsh winters.
Evergreens Winter Burn
Cryptomeria japonica, or better known as Japanese Cedar, is probably only marginally hardy here. It turns a drab color in winter like the native, unrelated Red Cedars. This young tree looks burnt and I don’t know how this tree and the other couple I still have alive will turn out this Spring. All my bamboo […]
Bigfoot
Sometimes in the past I would find an unusual leaf and have it dry pressed in a middle of a magazine or catalog. I guess I usually forget about them though and had found this leaf after many years. This is a Bigfoot Hybrid Willow leaf that looks like three leaves fused together into one. […]
Butternuts
It was a good year for the Butternut(Juglans cinerea). The tree produced a lot of nuts and winter is a good time to crack them.
Moisturin Improved
In a past blog(Moisturin-Disappointment) I had mentioned problems I had with the container my Moisturin came in. I did finally get a hold of them and have since learned they did away with the paint can style containers. This is the plastic container it comes in now. So no more rusting metal cans that are […]
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.
Frosty White Fir
It has been over a decade ago that this White Fir was planted. The White Fir is part of a windbreak line of evergreens. The other evergreens are Colorado Blue Spruces. Both of these species of conifers grow at a similar slow growth rate, so work good together. These trees are thicker than pine trees, […]