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Click here to open subtopic in new windowArchive through July 16, 2008Ct~buck20 07-16-08  02:09 am

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Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 08:23 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thank you Stephie, Yes CT is part of New England. I was born and raised here and will most likely stay here till Im planted in the ground like this tree...LOL
The colors of the fall are beautiful and is my favorite time of year. This is one of my favorite photos I took from the road side of a field a mile or so away with the start of last year's colors.


I have made progress...
We have a mini fir tree that was driving my wife crazy with where the previous owners had decided to plant it so I made this little area off the back of the arbor to keep a few favorites trees to play with.
The tree to the left is a Washington Hawthorn we started as a seedling from the National Arbor Society 3 years ago. In front of the transplanted fir is the "infamous" Beech seedling. I put a couple stones around it just to be sure nobody steps on it...LOL
My wife said that the stone I sank in the ground in front of it looks like a headstone. Its got about 2 feet of it in the ground and I have plans for it being an old fashioned garden marker chiseled with a date. In the next photo it shows it better and makes more sense.
Now for a question...
I have a spot for one more tree to the right side and am looking for suggestions on something interesting to try. I would like it to be a trimmable , trainable type... any ideas?



Eventually there will be peastone flooring in the arbor and also in the lower area inside that stone and wood border. All in all I am pleased so far with how this is turning out.

Ct~buck - Connecticut, Zone "6"
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Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 07:26 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

A lovely area you've made there and I really like that specimen area......the hawthorn is beautiful.

Dirtlady - Georgia, Zone "7b/8"
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Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 09:00 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

That enormous, beautiful beech tree isn´t a normal european beech. It's propably a Fagus sylvatica f.tortuosa. I doubt an ordinary beeach would be that wretched even if you pruned it for it. I'm not sure weather a seedling from it will be a normal beech, or if this mutation will be transplanted to it. But even an ordinary beech is a wonderful tree! A bit slow growing while small, but the growing speed will increase when it's getting bigger.

Huggorm - Bohuslan, Zone "?"
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Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 06:12 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

The leaf pattern on the seedling was the same as the tree it was under and it was labeled as a European Beech. Thats all I know of this tree. Right now Im just hoping it survives the winter.

Now for the strange part... I have 2 different trees in that dirt clump ! When I dug up the seedling it stayed in a clump of soil and there was a twig with it that had no leaves and I assumed it was part of the beech, but now that they are growing out I realize they are very different.

I never payed much mind to the surrounding trees and I looked through all my photos and couldnt tell what was growing in the vicinity.

It looks like some kind of an Oak possibly?
This mansion had a lot of fancy and unusual tree's varieties planted on the grounds and was very nicely manicured. Exactly what i would do if I were rich...LOL

So anyhow... now I have two souveneirs from our anniversary growing in our garden !

I tell ya, whatever this little thing is, its sure a fast grower !

Heres a closeup photo.
leaves have browned in this heat and transplant but you can see a nice new center bud of growth coming from the beech and it is rooted firmly.

Any idea about the second "non-beech" type?



Ct~buck - Connecticut, Zone "6"
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Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 03:16 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Well i see an oak seedling on the left and a Buckeye seedling(Aesculus) on the right.

Treelover - County Durham,UK, Zone "8/9"
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Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 09:14 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Treelover is right. Buckeye is a beautiful, fast growing tree that will send out lovely, scented white flowers in the spring (and inedible nuts covered with spikes later..nuisance if not planted in the right place). I have four seedlings to plant (from a huge tree in the back 40) as I love their look. I think I might have the very same oak you have...I am going to dig it out and put it in a container and bonsai it. Lots a luck as they say on that one but it's been ten years and it's still 4 feet high!!!!

Stephie - B.C., Zone "Zone 8"
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Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 09:17 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

BTW...the photo of the autumn trees is too gorgeous for words...I just love it!...thank you for sharing....I would NEVER leave that area either...so much beauty and history!

Stephie - B.C., Zone "Zone 8"
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Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 05:47 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

And here I thought it was a beech since I found the seedling under a "beech" ! Now Im very confused.

Only I could find a buckeye and an oak under a beech!

Actually though, after reading about the Buckeye's and also the Beech's, Im kinda glad its a buckeye. I just told my wife of my identification mistake and she was bummed... until I showed her a photo of the flowering buckeye, now she likes it too.

Thanks for the info Larry !

Ct~buck - Connecticut, Zone "6"
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Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 05:54 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Stephie wrote on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 09:14 am:

I think I might have the very same oak you have...I am going to dig it out and put it in a container and bonsai it. Lots a luck as they say on that one but it's been ten years and it's still 4 feet high!!!!



Thats good to hear Stephie because staying small is key to me in this spot. I have 4 acres and what do I do? I plant an Oak tree in my perennial garden ! Something about that just dont sound right to me... LOL ! }}

Ct~buck - Connecticut, Zone "6"
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Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 04:38 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

We don't get Buckeyes over here,I wonder how they compare to our Horse Chestnuts,known as Conker Trees.

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Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 09:12 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Pretty similar except the horse-chestnut blooms in spring and buckeye in summer. There's some nice flower variations (red, chinese etc) but they all grow fast. Maybe get some buckeye seeds? I love the leaves though...they look spectacular with the sun shining thru them!!!

Stephie - B.C., Zone "Zone 8"

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