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We
have MANY different varieties of spring flowering trees in our
yard, either cherry trees (Prunus species) or crabapple trees
(Malus species). I'm not always sure which are which, but I have
tried to identify them as much as possible. If you want to help
me with the tree identification process, please e-mail
me to share your thoughts.
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This
is the first flowering tree to bloom in the spring, in mid-April.
I believe it is of the Prunus species, but there's a possibility
that it might be a flowering crabapple (Malus species),
a Verbena bush, or a flowering cherry (Prunus species) like
many of our other trees.
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We
have four of these trees, but because two of them bloom
a week earlier in late April, I believe they are actually
different species--the first two I think are P. Avium, while
the second two seem to be a Malus variety. They are all
very pretty in the spring, though unfortunately, the two
earlier blooming ones get decimated by Japanese beetles
in the summer. :-(
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These
dwarf irises have a short bloom time in early spring; they're
dainty but quite striking.
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I
believe this bush is a late-flowering lilac; it blooms in
June, and it's very pretty for a week or two.
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The
peach tree in bloom during Spring 2001. We put the tree
on a spray schedule and hope to get a better fruit crop
our second year.
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Looks
like the spraying worked! Actually, this year's crop is
so good that we had to remove a lot of the peaches
you see here so that the branches wouldn't break!
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Speaking
of the backyard, we had some landscaping done during Summer
2001--this entire line of bushes (42 total!) was weeded
and mulched.
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This
is the far left corner, where we also had one of our Dawn
Redwood trees relocated to give it more room to grow (they
get huge!).
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Here
are a couple of perennials which I planted in 2000 but which didn't
bloom until 2001:
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These
Black-Eyed Susans are under our family room window at
the front of the house; they're struggling because it's
been so dry this summer!
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These are Purple Coneflower in our backyard flower bed.
In the background is our vegetable garden with raspberry
brambles growing along the fence.
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This
is a good shot of our flower garden looking down from the
deck, but the best part of this picture is something you
can barely make out--look closely at the area I've circled
and you'll see that a groundhog (AKA woodchuck) has taken
up residence in our backyard.
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This
is the groundhog's exit into our front yard,where he'd often
sit in the evenings with his had poking out and begin to
nod off. Yes, he was very cute, but as he ate more and more
of our vegetable garden, we eventually decided that we could
not all just get along...
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...hence
the trap (at least I didn't let Bob bludgeon it like he
wanted!). It took us a few days to catch it, and once we
did, Mr. Chuck reacted calmly, though he did try to escape.
Bob relocated Mr. Chuck to a very nice park at what we hope
is a significant distance from our home.
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During
the the summer of 2001, we planted one random sunflower
seed that I got for free at a festival--we were amazed
at the results!
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These frogs were a gift from my mom
for Christmas 2001--here they are sitting along in our
garden in the middle of winter.
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I planted this new bed by the garage during late
summer 2001. We planted the forsythia our first spring
in the house (2000), but this year (2002) is the first
time it has flowered.
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We relocated this Saucer magnolia for the second
time last fall (2001); you can see that it's doing very
well in its new location! This view shows the left side
of our backyard, which goes back to a somewhat pie-shaped
point.
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Some
shots of Spring 2002 tulips
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Several
different varieties in the
new bed (same as above left)
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A
huge tulip along with delicate daffodills in our front
yard
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Summer 2005 Garden
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I
went all out with the vegetable garden this year--11
pepper plants, 8 tomatoes, 2 onions, 1 squash, and 1
eggplant! Plus, you can see our rhubarb to the left,
strawberries in the middle, and raspberries to the right.
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