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..... what is the naming convention? Here is info taken from the CBIF website. I would have though that the scientific name for a variety of a...
Thank you Lila and Ron!
I agree. However it is woody and the leaves are not lobed. Very little info on peonies except closeups of the flowers. The sepals on these...
I am presuming this is a horticultural variety which is not my forte of which i don't have many. Thanking in advance Bill
and the buds do not look like prunus either
This is in zone 4/5 (Collingwood ON), an escape of some kind. It looks like some kind of prunus to me (false thorns, color of bark, fruit)....
This plant is: Apocynum androsaemifolium - Spreading Dogbane
This plant is 1 to 1.5 metres high, not woody, in a wet open area and has a long (empty) bean pod. The stems are quite fibrous and mostly hollow.
Here is a picture of the "shade house" we finally arrived at getting. This type of structure is commecially used for growing ginseng in Southern...
Plant identification books always state "it is reported" that the fruit of V.trilobum (Highbush cranberry) is more attractive to birds than...
I am still working on the lath house project. I will post a picture when finished. Any opinion about a traditional lath house vs a structure...
Thanks, especially to Raakel. I have had a chance to examine this tree again and it does appear to be a Japanese larch, actually quite a nice...
Our arboretum now has its greenhouse up and running. Next we are looking at a lath house. There are issues of building permits, snow loads and...
I once puchased 25 or so Larch seedlings. (Today these trees approach 25 feet high (8 metres)). They all appear to be classic European Larch...
Thank you all for steering me in the right direction. Pictures in the Maple Photo Gallery lead me to tentatively to decide on Acer tartaricum sp...
Both of these maples were grown from seed. Seed for the smaller-lobed leaf was collected in Nova Scotia on a roadside in the country in...
There is a Katsura tree in zone 5b (Owen Sound Ontario) in the local conservation authority arboretum. It is in a relatively sheltered area but...
I have collected some Leatherwood (Dirca palustris) seed. Does this seed need a cold period in order to germinate? I am thinking not because the...
I now believe that this shrub is Prunus pumila var. depressa (sandcherry). I will have to check the fruit/flowers in 2006.
shrub id picture i had to register in order to submit a picture (i guess) this regards brucepeninsula shrub bill