With luck and the right weather conditions, in fifty years, this is going to be a giant, beautiful shade tree, even if I'm not around to benefit from sitting under it.
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Long-Range Planning
The tallest trees in North America east of the Rocky Mountains are the tulip trees (Liriodendron tulipifera), to which I am particular. One of our sites is characterized by several tall, lovely tulip trees, while my primary worksite, to my knowledge, had no tulip trees. A couple of years ago, I decided to remedy this deficiency, and planted a handful of tulip tree seeds onsite. The seeds take a while to germinate, but my little experiment finally paid off- here's the larger of the two:
With luck and the right weather conditions, in fifty years, this is going to be a giant, beautiful shade tree, even if I'm not around to benefit from sitting under it.
With luck and the right weather conditions, in fifty years, this is going to be a giant, beautiful shade tree, even if I'm not around to benefit from sitting under it.
Very nice. You're changing your corner of the world!
ReplyDeleteThey are really beautiful trees, and they are native to the area- I'm just spreading the wealth from one worksite to another.
ReplyDeleteThree of four redbuds I planted have decent leaf growth. One is just starting to show signs.
ReplyDeleteNeed more sun, had enough rain.
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One can only hope that Bambi doesn't eat them.
ReplyDeleteNo daobado trees? no deodars?
ReplyDeleteThree of four redbuds I planted have decent leaf growth. One is just starting to show signs.
ReplyDeleteExcellent, can't have too many redbuds.
One can only hope that Bambi doesn't eat them.
Oddly enough, we don't get a lot of deer at this one particular site while the other ones teem with them. Every once in a while, we get one coming around and tea-leafing.
No daobado trees? no deodars?
I really wanted a continent-spanning banyan, but I don't have a morel to help me achieve this goal.