Kleckner Oasis – Page 20 – ~Oasis Among the Cornfields~

Iowa Summer Storms

During Summer, there are a lot of storms that move through the area.

The Pristine Apples are getting close to ripening.

These apples should start to ripen this month and be my earliest eating apple of the year.

It is easy to differentiate Purple Catalpas from the other Catalpas I have.

The new growth is purple on this Hybrid Catalpa.

There are a lot of different species in the Aesculus genus.

The shrubbier species will flower a lot sooner than the other tree species.

I hadn’t bought this Purple Leafed Plum, but came as an extra from Lawyer Nursery.

It contrasts well with the surrounding greens in the landscape.

My young Hop Trees have been reliably producing seeds.

Once mature, these seeds will be brown and are dispersed by blowing away in the wind or on the snow.

Some of my young Golden Raintrees are flowering.

They attract insects, like Bumblebees.

A lot of mornings start off with heavy dew.

Though patchy fog can be common, too.

Vernal Ponds suppose to dry up eventually, but the past couple of years this one hadn’t.

Now that this year is drier, this one has completely dried up. It may be possible to even dig it deeper once the mud dries up.

Catalpa x Fargesii that I am growing appears to be just a Catalpa Ovata, the Chinese Catalpa.

So far I haven’t noticed any traits to differentiate this from my Chinese Catalpas.