With a very late fall turning into a quickly, snow-covered winter, some plants kept green leaves under the snowline. Now with the warmer temps melting off the snow, I am seeing the green life.
Tag Archives: Evergreen
Red Cedar Post
I was taking out an old fence and when I took out this post, saw that it was a Cedar post. It had lasted many decades and has the strong Cedar smell and color.
Pitch x Loblolly Pine Summer Growth
After a harsh winter, the Pitlolly Pines have grown new candles of green needles and look a lot better than this spring. But these hybrid pines still have some brown needles.
Singled Out
While the Japanese Larches(Larix) are leafing out, the Eastern White Pine has gone the opposite direction. The winter has been tough on many of my evergreens, such as these Ponderosa Pines in the below photo.
Spruce Grove
Today I planted a lot of Norway Spruce and Colorado Blue Spruce. In the future there should be a nice grove of evergreens for the wildlife.
Dumb Youth
My young white guineas like to fly up in the windbreak trees, currently have been roosting in the Austrian Pine(Pinus nigra). They were born back in July and are young and stupid, so have slept outside in subzero temps. I have had trouble getting them in the shed at night.
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.
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 […]
Yucca Glauca
Yucca plants are unusual where I live. This one, that is flowering, was planted 15 years ago. It is the species named Yucca glauca, which stays evergreen. It didn’t flower until 10 years after it was planted in this location. But has flowered most years after that. The tall flower spikes really set it apart […]
Douglas Fir Windbreak
Planting windbreaks can be a guessing game. What species, how far apart, and planning for what disease or insect problems comes its way in the future can make it like a strategy game. A few of the trees that were used in our windbreak go by the name of Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir(Pseudotsuga menziesii var. […]