Kleckner Oasis

Yellow Linden

Fall has yellowed the unusual leaves on the Caucasian Linden.

This species may be even more attractive than our native Linden, the American Basswood.

Now We are Tall

Now that a Giant Cottonwood tree fell over last year, the Lombardy Poplars are looking a lot taller.

These trees are the narrowest trees I grow.

Young Japanese Larches

Larches are deciduous conifers that lose their needles in fall.

The golden needles are their consolation prize.

Fantastic Red Oak

Red Oaks are one of the best native trees for fall color.

There are only a few large Red Oaks here, most are young offspring.

One or the Other

Soon a Red Oak will have to be cut back or it will over top this White Spruce.

For now I leave the Red Oak, as it gives something for a deer to rub on.

Royal Frost Birch

The Royal Frost Birch has attractive leaf color in summer, but now those leaves have turned yellow.

Some of the red leaves near the bottom have yet to change, adding to the contrast of the summer and fall foliage.

Pitlolly Pine Cone

Pitlolly Pine trees are starting to produce pine cones.

The pine cone seems to look more like a Pitch Pine more than a Loblolly Pine. This seems logical, as most of my Pitlolly Hybrid Pines have died, so probably the ones that had more Pitch Pine in them are the ones that have survived and thrived in my Iowa Climate. These Hybrid Pines are my fastest growing pine, with up to 4 candles of growth in a season.