So sorry I haven’t been on WP lately but we are in the middle of renovations here and it is a big mess and a LOT of hard work. A few more weeks and then I hope life will be back to “normal”.
DEFINITELY AUTUMN
SPECIAL TREE
I love tree’s with an unusual bark. When we were visiting a tropical greenhouse I found a tree called CEIBA INSIGNIS also known as “bottle tree”. It was love at first sight !
CEIBA INSIGNIS OR BOTTLE TREE
Don’t you love it ??? I do !!!
Have a great day all !
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY
BARK OF THE ZANTHOXYLUMÂ SIMULANS TREE
SILENT SUNDAY
PLATANUS (plane tree)
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY
ART ? NO, THESE ARE SHOOTS (also called knees or pneumatophores) OF THE SWAMP CYPRESS ( taxodium distichum)
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY
ONE OF MY FAVORITE GARDEN TREES
On one of our vacations in Spain I came across a beautiful tree with pink fluffy flowers, it was love at first sight. So I asked someone the name of this tree and I was told it was a silk tree. I looked it up on the net and found the latin name of the tree : Albizia Julibrissin or silk tree or pink silk tree, named after an Italian nobleman called Filippo degli Albizzi. And I found out it was winterhardy enough for where I live.
I found a gardencenter not far from where I live that had them for sale and for about 10 years or so one is living in my garden and it gives me joy all summer long.
ALBIZIA JULIBRISSIN or silk tree or pink silk tree (picture taken early in the morning)
early morning picture
THE LEAFS ARE EQUALLY BEAUTIFUL
WONDERFULL AGAINST A CLEAR BLUE SKY ON A SUNNY DAY
Have a great day and thanks for visiting.
PORTRET OF A TREE
I have only a few tree’s in my garden as my garden is not so big. The biggest tree I have is a European oak tree, it was only a few inches high when we planted it at the end of our garden. Then we have an Albizzia which is my favorite and last but not least we turned an Amelanchier lamarckii bush (snowy mespilus) into a tree which grew over the years to a tree that is about 4 meters ( 14 feet) in width and about 6 meteres (19 feet) in height. The perfect tree on one condition : do not plant it close to your terrace !!!
In Winter it gives a nice skeleton in which we hang birdfeeders of all sorts.
In Spring it is a terrible nuissance as a big part of it hangs over our terrace, first we get the beautiful flowers which attract an enormous amount of bees,but the peels of the buds fall on the terrace, then the flowers fade and fall off while the leafs are comming up, the new leafs are fresh and beautiful but the peels of the buds and the fallen flowers give a big mess.
Really soon after all that the berries are growing, at first they are green and then they turn red and in the end purple when they are ripe and then the feast begins.The birds go crazy for the ripe berries but at the same time they eat the berries they drop something else on our terrace…
Autumn comes soon for the Amelanchier and it gets beautiful coloured leafs before they all fall down, and yes, on our terrace.
So what I want to tell you about this tree is : do NOT plant it close to your terrace !! For the rest it is a beautiful tree for a not so big garden, it attracts a lot of bees and birds and it is even beautiful to look at in Winter, when you put one on your lawn or between hardy plants and small bushes the mess you get otherwise on your terrace turns to fertilizer for your lawn or else for the other plants, a win-win situation !
AMELANCIER LAMARCKII (snowy mespilus) IN FULL BLOOM
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BLOOMS
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF BERRIES
THEY LOOK A BIT LIKE LITTLE CHERRIES
Have a great day and enjoy your garden ! Thanks for visiting.
SOME OF TODAYS BLOOMERS
We are having such beautiful weather at the moment with a beautiful blue sky. I just took some pictures for you to see.
MY RHODODENDRON JUST EXPLODED IN FLOWERS
THE SUN SHINING THROUGH THE FERNS
ALBIZZIA JULIBRIZZIN, ALWAYS THE LAST TO WAKE UP AFTER WINTER BUT WORTH THE WAIT !!!
GERANIUM JOHNSON BLUE
Have a great weekend all and thanks for visiting my blog.
MY NEW APPLE TREE
A few years ago I got a mini apple tree as a present and I wanted another one to keep it company.
THIS IS MY “OLD” MINI APPLE TREE, IT IS VERY COMPACT AND DOESN’T NEED PRUNING.
THIS IS MY NEW MINI APPLE TREE, IT HAS A COMPLETE DIFFERENT SHAPE, JUST ONE STEM AND DOESN’T NEED PRUNING EITHER.
THEY BOTH CAN GROW IN A POT ON A BALCONY IF YOU DON’T HAVE A GARDEN.
GWENNIESGARDENWORLD 
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