porkpal said:Is that planted on a little mound, or do I just imagine it?
bumplbea said:Hi Frank , My fringe tree started out very slow growing too. As a seedling and 15 years later it is still small. They grow very slowly but by the 3-4 year they begin to flower. Given a little help with soil amendments and fertilizer. Has your tree bloomed yet? Fertilizer for bloomin trees seemed to get my tree blooming.
Had some serious issues with gophers that tunneled around the roots causing some growth issues. Now it's doing much better.
The next group of trees and shrubs are many pics of several trees and shrubs of interest. Many are singled out and others are grouped together as shown and displayed in my garden. All trees and shrubs were planted by yours truly.I lost count of how many holes I have dug over the years.
The next pic is a small tree with blue flowers is a California Lilac . Ceanothus is a genus of about 50–60 species so not sure what species it is . It's a nitrogen-fixing shrub in the buckthorn family. Common names for members of this genus are buckbrush, California lilac, soap bush, or just ceanothus.
It has vibrant blue flowers that attract tons of bees.
- California Lilac (Ceanothus)
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This next pic of a variegated leaf maple. It's being attacked by beetles as have a number of my pines and white paper birch trees. Seems it's the only maple thank goodness. It's a understory tree needs shade from hot summer sun. Small tree with long seed racemen's or helicopter seeds.
Carnival Maple-A-ser kam-PES-tree . Family: Sapindaceae, Aceraceae leaves are white green and pink in early spring. Some leaves can revert to green and removal of the solid green leaves can keep the leafs variegation on the entire tree.
Male Ginkgo.very slow growing. Conifer cousin/Ginkgo boloba. Turns bright yellow in fall.
INTERESTING INFO on oldest tree documented.
https://conifersociety.org/con...
A broad leafed evergreen distant relative of the madrone. It grows slowly to 15ft., or 6-8ft. grown as a bush .
Arbutus unedo, the strawberry tree, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family with fruit that ripen from green to a bright red fruit hanging from branches that resemble strawberries. Birds adore them and jelly's are made from the fruit.
- Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo)
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Royal purple smoke bush/tree..cotinus coggygria
Next photo trees and shrubs planted in landscape.
Weeping white pine , Pinus strubus "Pendula" pic at center bottom.
Weeping elm The Wych Elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii', commonly known as the Camperdown Elm, was discovered about 1835–1840 as a young contorted elm growing in the forest at Camperdown House, in Dundee, Scotland, by the Earl of Camperdown's head forester, David Taylor. Has leaf hoppers really bad if not treated.
Leland Cyprus across the whole background of the garden.
Variegated English holly/Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata'
Hazel nut / Filbert tree.
Picea glauca 'Conica' (Dwarf Alberta Spruce) Evergreen
Sambucus Elderberry grown as small tree on arbor.
