Its the middle of winter and everything outside is dormant.. but i was thinking ahead to the spring... Does anybody out there plant many shrubs and flowering trees?
I know i know, im a big sissy.. but i like them...
Here is some of ours...
Along the driveway, the lower 100-150 feet.. we have 12 small flowering crab trees... They are young; 4 years old and about 5 feet, but they will be nice someday.. even small they put out some nice springtime flowers
along the front entrance to the drive we have 2 more older crab apple trees... These are bigger - 8 Ft, i just planted them this fall.. but they are bigger trees.. Im looking forward to them this spring. I used to have kwanza cherry trees that i purchased at HDepot.. These never really flowered well so i moved them and put the bigger crab trees. Taught me a lesson about 'where' you get your shrubs...
up around the tup of the driveway; 3 Magnolia trees: These bushes are also small 4-6', they produce nice big flowers in the spring...
14 Lilacs around back soft of against the back corners of the house.. These also are 3-4 years old, and around 4-5Ft, but produce some real nice flowers in the spring and smell awesome...
Against the front of the house i have 6 Rose of Sharon trees. These are also around 5 years old but as 6" and produce tons of flowers late summer/early fall. 2 of these 6 were small shoots from a tree in front of my parents house.. i planted them right when i moved in 5 1/2 years ago.. Now those are 8-9 Ft tall and I had to trim them 1st time this year..
Out Back, we have a strawberry patch and behind that 12 Blueberry bushes... both do poorly due to wildlife feeding on them... no big deal though.
We have a bunch of tulips and daffodills that come up in the spring... I usually plant many each fall - from Brecks on line - but this year i skipped it.. i want to see how many survive or how many end up mole food.
We have 8 pioni plants planted way out back.. these are only 2 years old but in time will produce huge rose like flowers.
We have a few pussy willow bushes - told ya, im a sissy.. These are tall now 8" and are 4 years in the ground
We have a few other strays; a burning bush plant, some quice apple bushes.. these produce really nice flowers in the spring and small apples not edible..., a few other kwanza cherry trees and others i am forgetting im sure..
All in all; my favorites are, well i like them all.. they do a nice spring show of flowers and then the rose of sharons flower late summer... Those trees produce hundres and hundreds of flowers per tree.. but take a real beating from japanese beetles
In between the shrubs, tulips & daffodils come up and i plant lots of perrenials or annuals (i forget which, whichever ones only last a season) in the summer to keep things flowery...
We are in maine and at zone 5 so lots of things id like to plant can not survive the cold winters...
Sorry to ramble, just thinking about spring... its only a few months away!!!
So what do you have or plan to have or are you thinking about planting??
I know i know, im a big sissy.. but i like them...
Here is some of ours...
Along the driveway, the lower 100-150 feet.. we have 12 small flowering crab trees... They are young; 4 years old and about 5 feet, but they will be nice someday.. even small they put out some nice springtime flowers
along the front entrance to the drive we have 2 more older crab apple trees... These are bigger - 8 Ft, i just planted them this fall.. but they are bigger trees.. Im looking forward to them this spring. I used to have kwanza cherry trees that i purchased at HDepot.. These never really flowered well so i moved them and put the bigger crab trees. Taught me a lesson about 'where' you get your shrubs...
up around the tup of the driveway; 3 Magnolia trees: These bushes are also small 4-6', they produce nice big flowers in the spring...
14 Lilacs around back soft of against the back corners of the house.. These also are 3-4 years old, and around 4-5Ft, but produce some real nice flowers in the spring and smell awesome...
Against the front of the house i have 6 Rose of Sharon trees. These are also around 5 years old but as 6" and produce tons of flowers late summer/early fall. 2 of these 6 were small shoots from a tree in front of my parents house.. i planted them right when i moved in 5 1/2 years ago.. Now those are 8-9 Ft tall and I had to trim them 1st time this year..
Out Back, we have a strawberry patch and behind that 12 Blueberry bushes... both do poorly due to wildlife feeding on them... no big deal though.
We have a bunch of tulips and daffodills that come up in the spring... I usually plant many each fall - from Brecks on line - but this year i skipped it.. i want to see how many survive or how many end up mole food.
We have 8 pioni plants planted way out back.. these are only 2 years old but in time will produce huge rose like flowers.
We have a few pussy willow bushes - told ya, im a sissy.. These are tall now 8" and are 4 years in the ground
We have a few other strays; a burning bush plant, some quice apple bushes.. these produce really nice flowers in the spring and small apples not edible..., a few other kwanza cherry trees and others i am forgetting im sure..
All in all; my favorites are, well i like them all.. they do a nice spring show of flowers and then the rose of sharons flower late summer... Those trees produce hundres and hundreds of flowers per tree.. but take a real beating from japanese beetles
In between the shrubs, tulips & daffodils come up and i plant lots of perrenials or annuals (i forget which, whichever ones only last a season) in the summer to keep things flowery...
We are in maine and at zone 5 so lots of things id like to plant can not survive the cold winters...
Sorry to ramble, just thinking about spring... its only a few months away!!!
So what do you have or plan to have or are you thinking about planting??
