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Please just continue to send your wonderful, educational photos. Loved this selection. When the wind stops I will send you a photo of my spicebush buds. I saw two huge bushes along GW Parkway that looked like spicebush but healthier /bigger than any I’ve ever seen.
And the Okame cherries are in bloom today! I know; they're not native. But it's a terrific upright narrow tree that is allowed in Montgomery County rights-of-way. Someone posted a picture of a Star Magnolia in tight bloom and my Mag. soulangeana buds are pinking up.
I would see crocuses in bloom through Feb when I lived in C-Ville, VA. Up here, thankfully, I see nothing yet- and we tend to get snow through March- tho that's never stopped intrepid early blooming bulbs like crocuses and daffies. They both begin to appear in sunny spots around mid-late March.
Good point. Garlic mustard is an insidious invasive, so get to it now while it's visible. I haven't tried it myself but I've heard it's actually pretty tasty and even makes a good pesto. If you gotta pull it up, might as well get some use out of it!
I was out yesterday and found that the dreaded invasive, garlic mustard, is now very obvious in the woods. It was a great opportunity for weeding them out- they couldn’t hide!
Everyone is so pleasantly surprised when they first taste garlic mustard. They immediately smile in recognition and amazement.
Please just continue to send your wonderful, educational photos. Loved this selection. When the wind stops I will send you a photo of my spicebush buds. I saw two huge bushes along GW Parkway that looked like spicebush but healthier /bigger than any I’ve ever seen.
Those cherries and magnolias are undeniably beautiful. Do you recall when they bloomed last year?
And the Okame cherries are in bloom today! I know; they're not native. But it's a terrific upright narrow tree that is allowed in Montgomery County rights-of-way. Someone posted a picture of a Star Magnolia in tight bloom and my Mag. soulangeana buds are pinking up.
I'm guessing you're further south than me, but is it early for those two? (Love serviceberries and persimmons!)
The persimmon is budding, as well as the serviceberry.
I would see crocuses in bloom through Feb when I lived in C-Ville, VA. Up here, thankfully, I see nothing yet- and we tend to get snow through March- tho that's never stopped intrepid early blooming bulbs like crocuses and daffies. They both begin to appear in sunny spots around mid-late March.
Good point. Garlic mustard is an insidious invasive, so get to it now while it's visible. I haven't tried it myself but I've heard it's actually pretty tasty and even makes a good pesto. If you gotta pull it up, might as well get some use out of it!
I was out yesterday and found that the dreaded invasive, garlic mustard, is now very obvious in the woods. It was a great opportunity for weeding them out- they couldn’t hide!