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Category Archives: Trees & shrubs
I never knew it would be this messy!
Matt Barnes throwing a log in the fire yesterday. Gardens need to be weeded to be beautiful. Plants need to be thinned so that the remaining ones are healthier. Unwelcome plants need to we weeded out. It was with this … Continue reading
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Cedar Christmas Tree
Eastern Red-cedar, (Juniperus virginiana) Cedars make great Christmas trees. They look good and they smell good. Every year we harvest one from the PGT. The biggest problem I’ve had with them is that they look a lot smaller in field … Continue reading
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Dogwood in Snow
Flowering Dogwood, (Cornus florida) The PGT does not get much snow, so when it happens I rush out to take advantage of the way it simplifies the landscape. This dogwood picture was taken late last winters, just before buds started … Continue reading
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Tree Damage from Burns
A tree damaged by a burn. Burning the grassland and the woods is a key part of managing the PGT. Since one of our goals is beauty, we ask our groundskeepers (Matt and Duncan) to look comb the woods for … Continue reading
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American Holly
American Holly, (Ilex opaca) American Holly is my favorite native shrub during the Winter. We only have a few at the PGT now, but we plan to add more.
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Possumhaw Berries
Deciduous Holly or Possumhaw (Ilex decidua) One of the attractive native shrubs you will find at the PGT is Possumhaw. Most of the year it is rather inconspicuous, but when the fruit ripens and the leaves fall it is easy … Continue reading
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Eastern Red-Cedar Bark
Eastern Red-Cedar, (Juniperus virginiana) The bark of cedar on the main trunk shreds into long, thin, flat strips. Very attractive!
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Hackberry Bark
Hackberry, (Celtis occidentalis) Get in very close to a tree sometime and take a look. There is a wonderful miniature world there with lichens, moss and bugs.
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Eastern Red Cedar
Eastern Red Cedar, (Juniperus virginiana) The only common evergreen tree at the PGT is Cedar. Even though it is a very attractive tree we have killed thousands of them over the last decade. The problem is that they invade glades … Continue reading
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Osage Orange
Osage Orange, (Maclura pomifera) The fruit of the Osage Orange is big and heavy; sort of like a softball made out of lead. In Trees if Missouri Don Kurz writes “It is speculated that mastodons, one of the only animals … Continue reading
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