#shrubs
Canadian chokecherry trees can be a pain with the suckering and black knot and so on, but today they are a delight.
Winter Trees and Shrubs: Netleaf Hackberry
Winter Trees and Shrubs: Netleaf Hackberry
Boise, Idaho is frequently referred to as the City of Trees despite being located in a semiarid region of the Intermountain West known as the sagebrush steppe where few trees naturally grow. It earns this moniker partly because the name Boise is derived from the river that runs through it (the Boise River), which was named La Rivere Boisse, or The Wooded River, by early French trappers. Although…
Winter Trees and Shrubs: Eastern Redbud
Winter Trees and Shrubs: Eastern Redbud
Botanizing doesn’t have to end when the leaves fall off the trees and the ground goes frozen. Plants may stop actively growing during this time, but they are still there. Some die back to the soil level and spend the entire winter underground, leaving behind brown, brittle shells of their former selves. Others, particularly those with woody stems, maintain their form (although many of them…
~ finished this little plaza a couple days ago ~