Pam Turner brought in the branch of a flowering shrub for identification. I had not seen it before so we sent a photo to the Missouri Botanical Garden. Chip Tynan - manager of the garden's Horticultural Answer Service - informed us that the specimen was a THORNLESS form of Lycium chinense - the goji or wolfberry! Pam brought a specimen with the fruit on Monday. Here are photos … [Read more...] about Mystery of the wolfberries solved
We planted a row of red maple - Acer rubrum - cultivars in fall of 1999. I took photos of each tree on October 20, 2015 to catch the fall color. Of course, some were at peak, some a bit past and some a bit before, but you can get the idea of the range of colors from the photos. Armstrong may be stressed, so it may not be a good representation. … [Read more...] about Red maple gallery
Our Starry Magnolia, Magnolia stellata, blossom made it through spring (fingers crossed) with minimal freeze injury. Very pretty. … [Read more...] about Starry magnolia shines this spring
The October Glory red maple is still putting on its fall show even after the other red maples have lost their leaves. Our red maple row from south to north consists of the following cultivars; Brandywine, Autumn Flame, Armstrong, Somerset, October Glory, Red Sunset, Sun Valley, and Autumn Blaze. All of the cultivars were planted in 1999 and were donated to our horticulture … [Read more...] about Last red maple showing
Our rain barrel was sitting on level ground. With the spigot close to the base, it was difficult to maneuver and since the water flow is directed by gravity, setting on the ground was not ideal. Joe Wright built a stand to lift the rain barrel off from the ground. See the photos for step by step instructions to make a rain barrel stand. We have a 50 gallon rain barrel so the … [Read more...] about Giving our rain barrel a lift