Update on seedlings and blooming specimens

Here are pictures of blooming 2-year old specimens (planted April 15, 2007) as well as an update on the new witch hazel seedlings (planted March 21, 2009) . Enjoy.

This is the first year the false indigo plants have bloomed. The color is a deep purple and crimson red. This is a Amorpha fruticosa L. desert false indigo. Here is the missouriplants.com website which includes some dramatic photos of the false indigo bloom. [click on photograph for close-up]





Approximately half of the blackberry plants were in full bloom this week.










The witch hazel seedlings are all doing great. Today was the first day that they have needed watering since planting them on March 21, 2009. Here is a link to more information about the witch hazel tree, Hamamelis virginiana.