Hey! The serviceberry is cool. And the Kalmia (mountain laurel) is another of my favorites. It is Pennsylvania’s state flower, and I have one in my yard and a few others in my woods!
Robz: out of the three online sources, would you recommend one over the others?
Rhubarb:
I got rhubarb from a friend who has grown it for years. I love the taste, but I have to add sugar if I want my kids to eat it. It was just planted a few weeks ago, so it looks kinda blah, but it looks like it will survive.
What is this???
I planted this last year and it wasn’t doing well. This year it has come on strong, but I have no idea what it is. Any ideas?
St. Lawrence Nurseries and Fedco Trees seem about the same, both have good fruit tree varieties. Arbor day trees are smaller but they were less expensive. I am happy with all three. Fedco has a downloadable catalog which is fun to read. Arbor Day Apple trees were on dwarf root stock if I recall correctly, St. Lawrence and Fedco were on full size root stock.
Next spring I am planning on ordering more Blue Spruce for a privicy screen, balsam for future Christmas trees, and more White Ash.
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Not a New Tree, but a surprisingly Not Dead tree
We planted a Japanese Pagoda Tree when MilliCal was born. A Few years ago many of the branches died, and then most of the trunk. But, amazingly, new branches sprouted near the base, and the thing stayed alive.
The tree was still alive a month ago when things started wakling up after the thaw – I could see that those branches were still green. But then someone came by and twisted the branches off. I was certain that the struggling tree, deprived of its few remaining branches, would die.
To my astonishment and delight, the trunk threw forth more new branches! These are now covered with leaves, and it looks as if the tree may yet surprise me. It’s still in there, swinging.
I recently planted two maple “volunteers” that my step-dad dug up from under his maples. Don’t know what variety they are. I’m growing an avocado tree in a pot, too. And I have a tabebuia tree in my front yard, and a ficus a neighbor gave us when the pot it was in got broken.
When I moved from my last home, I left behind three small trees that I had planted–a yellow tabebuia, a pink tabebuia and a jacaranda. None were doing anything spectacular when I left, and only the yellow tab had bloomed. But now, almost 8 years later, the jacaranda has grown so tall they had to have a tree service come out and trim it! Sadly, the pink tabebuia, which was also growing fast had to be removed, because it started growing toward the street in a leaning manner. Too bad, because it was gorgeous when it bloomed.