Flowers As Far and As High… I spent a week in southeast Missouri at the beginning of April. The long, hard winter there delayed the spring plants just long enough for me to be there for the show. And it was glorious! There were flowering Bradford pear trees, tulip trees, redbuds and a tree that […]
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Spring in Missouri
April 18th, 2014 4 Comments
Tags: Bradford Pear Trees · dandelions · forsythia · grape hyacinths · hyacinths · jonquils · redbuds · tulip trees · tulips
Yippee! A Key Lime Tree
April 2nd, 2014 No Comments
Trees on the Property – History When we bought our house in 1976, the property had fruit trees that were already about 40 years old when we moved in. There were three coconut palms, two mangos, two avocados, a sapodilla, a calamondin, a grapefruit, a naval orange, a tangelo, a tangerine and a key lime. Property […]
Tags: key lime tree
Arborists, Not Just Tree Trimmers
January 14th, 2014 2 Comments
Too Big, Too Leafy One of the facts of life in South Florida is that vegetation… all kinds… grows and keeps on growing, and growing, and growing. Yard maintenance companies manage to keep lawns and shrubs under control, but trees have to be tamed by professionals. Besides just cutting them back, the canopies must be […]
Tags: Japanese Orchid Tree · Kelley's Tree Service · mango trees · Sea Grape Tree