With a few really nice and warm days, everything just about explodes into growth. Unfortunately that also applies to weeds :). In this area apricots always bloom, but unless there is no more frost, we will not see any fruit. Some of the plums are not far behind, and peaches will follow soon. … [Read more...] about Apricots and magnolias
The Cornus mas - the Cornelian Cherry Dogwood - is blooming in the horticulture garden. It is one of the first shrubs to blossom in late Winter / early Spring (earlier than forsythia). … [Read more...] about Something’s blooming!
The New Dawn Rose is blooming this week along with most of the other roses. The species geranium continures to bloom this week and is definitely a workhorse as it blossoms most of the summer. The Deutzia shrub in the Arboretum is in full bloom and the Clematis jackmanii is just beginning. Penstemon and Echinachas in the Grow Native! garden are beginning to blossom and … [Read more...] about What’s blooming this week?
Well I think the cool weather, right around blackberry bloom, qualifies as another "blackberry winter" in the Ozarks. I have lived in Missouri for many years now, and believe it to be a sure thing. … [Read more...] about Blackberry winter
Most of the apples are blossoming this week and the highbush blueberries have quite a few open blossoms as well, but are not in full bloom yet. Pawpaws are blooming, and there has been some damage from the freeze since several buds are brown and dead - but many more blossoms are fine and open or opening. Lilacs, low growing phlox and the flowering dogwoods - Cornus florida … [Read more...] about What’s blooming at the station?