What's looking good in May 2016

[Dinu]

Apropos zigs' post, here is an old Apricot Tree in front of a very old Buddhist Monastery in the village of Alchi near Leh, in the northernmost state of India. It is 2000 miles from where I live and where we had gone last month. This is for Becky and Ian's Anniversary.

How old this tree could be?

 

[zigs]

Very nice Dinu

Got to be very old with a trunk that big

 

[Beverly]

Happy Anniversary Becky and Ian. Here is yet another tree to celebrate the happy 5th anniversary. It is an ornamental olive tree growing in front of my house in Colima, Mexico sending eternal blessings; a sturdy, exuberant tree with deep roots, and full of nesting birdies, almost always

 

[granjera]

Hanging over the sidewalk when I took a Saturday morning walk.

 

[Beth_B]

You're all posting some luscious photos. I don't have much to share yet but l have been harvesting and eating my asparagus.

 

[steve bossie]

you guys are so lucky! it was snow showering here today and our grass is just starting to green! a balmy 43f!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

My first bloom in the native garden! Wild Strawberry. I expect Wild Ginger to be next, and Wild Columbine after that.

 

[Beth_B]

you guys are so lucky! it was snow showering here today and our grass is just starting to green! a balmy 43f!

I feel your pain! We've had an uncommonly warm winter and spring but three or four years ago we had snow in May and a frost in early June.

 

[Dinu]

It is an ornamental olive tree growing in front of my house in Colima, Mexico a sturdy, exuberant tree with deep roots, and full of nesting birdies, almost always
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Never imagined it was of this shape and thanks for part of the street view!

 

[Beverly]

@Beth_B I would love to see a photo of your asparagus, if you haven't eaten it all

 

[Beverly]

@Dinu said: Never imagined it was of this shape and thanks for part of the street view!

Social considerations require that i keep the tree trimmed, although some people don't care, as a foreigner i don't want to rile the neighbors. I dutifully have it trimmed once a month, but only the top shoots popping out are cut and the tree trimmer knows not to disturb the birdies. The vegetation is nice and thick. This block has few trees compared to the norm and i'm not sure why that is. There are some lovely neighborhoods with lots of ancient trees, flowering trees, fruit trees, etc.

 

[Beth_B]

@Beth_B I would love to see a photo of your asparagus, if you haven't eaten it all

Picked all the visible long spears yesterday! Lots more emerging though. By late summer the ferns are over 6' tall and covered with little red berries.

 

[zigs]

Been weeding the Asparagus today

And the Chestnut is in flower

 

[Bootsy]

By late summer the ferns are over 6' tall and covered with little red berries.

Those are female plants. The male plants don't produce berries and so most of their strength goes into producing thicker spears.

@zigs those look like females but could possibly be (but unlikely) younger males that haven't developed their thicker stems yet. They look almost ready to produce ferns. Leave them until the Autumn to see whether they produce berries. If so, then you may want to lift them and replace them with male plants. I think there are some varieties that are virtually all males. Mr Google will tell you.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Wild Columbine has buds on it. This is particularly exciting, because Wild Columbine was the first native plant I ID'd years ago, so to see one bloom for the first time in my own yard is going to be awesome!

Wild Strawberries continue to bloom, and the leaves have gotten nice and large. I really like the foliage of Wild Strawberry. I'm surprised it isn't used in gardens more as a ground cover.

My ferns are finally growing. I don't know what kind this one is, but its looking really good!