My small Moonglow Magnolias(Magnolia virginiana ‘Jim Wilson) are still green in the new year. These trees are said to be semi-evergreen. For this climate, that is rare for broadleaf trees.
Category Archives: Trees
Big Deer Rub
Ran into a deer rub on a Hawthorn. The buck deer has been brutal to this tree and maybe to me, too.
Japanese False Cypress
Japanese False Cypress(Chamaecyparis pisifera) is an evergreen that can grow fast. But the species in the genus Chamaecyparis don’t like my climate very well.
Fall Colors 2011
Many trees dot the landscape with their fall color. Devil’s Walking Stick is a reliable purplish fall color, while Dawn Redwood has a mild hue to it. White Oak stands out of the crowd. Eastern Cottonwood can have some yellow in its fall color. Red Oaks are native here and I can see them easily […]
Chinese Catalpa Bean Pods
The Chinese Catalpa(Catalpa ovata) starts flowering at a young age. This turns into seedpods that are filled with a lot of viable seed.
Paulownia Growth
Paulownia elongata grows very fast. From a root sprout, this trunk is two years of growth.
Black Locust Forming a Forest
The young Black Locust trees continue to grow fast and are starting to sucker. The Black Locusts are fast growing trees that will help me establish other trees.
Black Locust Leaves
There are some cultivars of the Black Locust that do not have the usual compound leaves. The lower leaf is of the Weeping Black Locust and is composed of a lower amount of leaflets.
Fast Growing Paulownia
Paulownia is a fast growing genus made of various species. Photos below will show a couple of those species I am trying here and these Paulownia are borderline hardy here. Shrubby-looking Paulownia tomentosa. Paulownia elongata with large leaves.
Golden Dawn Redwood
Stunning is what I think when looking at the Golden Dawn Redwood. Also known as Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’.