The Toothed Chinese Linden, or frequently called the Henry’s Linden(Tilia henryana), is an attractive Linden tree in the Tilia genus. This tree suppose to have flowers later than the native American basswood, so should attract bees at a different time of the year.
Category Archives: Trees
Wood Duck Vernal Pond
My vernal pond attracted wood ducks this spring. The wood ducks used a nearby oak tree for a nesting hole.
Windbreak Orchard View
This is the view of the windbreak and orchard. The apple trees are flowering right now.
Purple Catalpa New Leaves
The Purple Catalpa( Catalpa x erubescens ‘Purpurea’) comes fairly true to seed. These seedlings have beautiful purple new leaves.
Variegated Plants
I have a lot of variegated plants growing on my Oasis. Variegated Vinca also has attractive purple blooms. Variegated Petasites has large leaves and likes a lot of moisture. This Forsythia is variegated and very yellow, too. The Tri-colored European Beech(Fagus) is one of the most attractive trees in spring, though the tips burn some […]
Japanese Black Pine
The Japanese Black Pine(Pinus thunbergiana) is hardy in my location, but can suffer winterburn. The Pines should recover from this, but this is one of the problems when planting exotics.
Rabbit Winter Damage
If the rabbit population is not controlled, a lot of damage can happen to young trees. I call these rabbit chew sticks.
Permaculture Water
I have been busy building a lot of vernal ponds. It is nice to see little water holes in the forest where there was none before.
Another Ice Storm
There has already been an ice storm this winter and now another one happened. Some frost before the freezing rain. Heavy snowpack combined with layers of ice. Roof with heavy layer of snow and ice. Layers of ice falling off panel fence. Japanese Larch tree top bent all the way to the ground. Winter Wonderland […]
Covered In Ice
Freezing Rain can happen in the winter and can damage a lot when glazing everything with ice. The Green Ash tree(Fraxinus) split from the weight of the ice and hit the chicken shed. The icy trees waiting for the Sun’s warmth to melt the ice off them. Evergreens really capture a lot of the freezing […]