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Malus ‘Donald Wyman’ White Flowering Crabapple Zone: 4 Height: 15-20 ft Width: 20-25 ft Foliage: Medium green Fall Foliage: Yellow drab Flower Color: Showy Reddish/Pink to White Season: Spring Bloom – Late May in Northern NH Fruit: Bright red Tolerances: Urban tolerant – Loves the country! Disease Resistance: Apple Scab – Good Cedar-Apple Rust – Excellent Mildew [...]
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Japanese Tree Lilac – Syringa reticulata “Ivory Silk” Japanese Tree Lilacs come in many forms, sizes and shapes. I’ve planted two in the last few years. The first one was part of a Japanese garden and needed to be in tree form but low growing to the ground. I found this specimen tree in a [...]
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Protecting Young Trees from Late Spring Snow Storms Late spring snow is not necessarily a bad thing unless the temperatures drop well below freezing and there are sensitive new buds on plants, shrubs and trees especially fruit trees. If these buds freeze there will be few survivors and sparse fruit. Nothing for the bees to [...]
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Fringe Tree – Chionanthus virginicus – Alt Name: Old Man’s Beard The fringe tree is a favorite of mine. In zone 5 it tends to blossom very late May or early June. It depends on how close you are to zone 6 or zone 4. We used this as a backdrop for graduation pictures. It [...]
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