Today we have a nasty little Nor'easter blowing, it's so grey, and all the wind and rain make it feel much colder than it really is. They say we should expect this ugliness to persist for several days more. I took these photos a few days ago, when the weather was much, much nicer. 8) One of the Japanese Maples and the Ginko The Cedar Waxwings will feast on the berries covering this weeping Yaupon Holly. I adore the fall-blooming Camellias and Azaleas.
Beautiful trees and shrubs you have in your yard Zuzu. I can't wait until all mine mature and fill in my yard and provide some more shade and privacy. I want to inquire about your Ginko...it looks like it's still quite young and I wondered if you know if it's male or female? We have a 100+ year Ginko at work and thankfully it's a male as I've heard the blooms/fruit smell like rotten meat. Do you know if you can start them from cuttings?
What fantastic photographs!!! My Japanese maple was like your just last week then we had gales and now it's completely bare. Thank you for showing us your piccies, they are really superb, especially the fall azaleas and camelias. :-D
Love the pictures the Azales and camelias a just beautiful.The Japanese maple is so pretty in its fall glory.
Zuzu, you cheered me up after a cold and rather non-productive, PTSD filled day. Thank you. Your trees and pics are filled with happiness and inspiration.
Such colour Who says winter is just around the corner? Thanks for the splash of badly-needed colour Zuzu. // Off topic: how's my Gnome Home coming along? Shouldn't you be working on that rather than taking piccies?
Oh my Zuzu are you spoiling our gnome !!!! Be patient Frank she needs to enjoy Christmas first. Your gnome home would be nice for the New Year.
Thanks for all the fall color ZuZu, everything is beautiful. Love the totem in the first pic, I would like to see a better pic of it, pretty please. I am a totem fanatic and am looking for old lamp part to make one.
Thanks everyone, this area is not naturally rich with fall color, we planted the Acers and the Ginkgo for just that reason. Netty ~ Hard to believe, huh, but that little Ginkgo (only about 8 or 10' tall) is over 20 years old, and I still don't know it's sex. I held it in a pot for the first 7-8 yrs, then decided "what-the-hey, that's what chainsaws are for", and stuck it in the ground. It's been a very slow grower, which is fine by me. Maybe all those years in the pot stunted it. I don't think there are any other Ginkgos in the area, so we may never know if it's male or female. From what I've heard, Ginkgo is not the easiest to propagate from cuttings. The most frequently recommended methods are layering and seed. But it never hurts to try, and this would be the right time of year to try with semi-hard or hardwood cuttings. I'd use perlite and rooting hormone. Find a node and make a heel cut, then follow the instructions on the hormone pkg and stick your cutting(s) into moist perlite. Put the whole thing into a plastic bag, or use a cut down soda bottle for a cloche and in about 3 months, with luck, you might have roots. Frank ~ I'm still waiting to hear from the blasted sub-contractors. You just couldn't be satisfied with a humble little cottage . . . . noooooooooooo . . . It had to be the Gnomish Palais Royale, well that, my demanding friend, will take a bit longer. Sharon ~ Thank you, we have a "family" of those that stand in the courtyard, I know I have some pictures of them, I will find one and post it over in the Stew Junk Forum.
Oh can't wait Zuzu as I'm trying so hard to finish one but I'm at a stand still can't find what I want.
Lovely. I want a ginko tree also and someone was telling me also NOT to get a female one. They have one outside their work place and sometimes have to RUN past it cause the smell is so bad. Hard to believe something so beautiful and graceful could stink. :-|
I love your Camellias!! I have 2 of them that bloom in the Spring. One will be full of pink blooms in the Spring. The other one is not doing so well the dogs have made it into their own personal doggie bathroom!! Mine are just a couple of years old also so yours put mine to complete shame!!lol!
