Pretty cool. Now that you mention it I don't ever recall seeing those on a sassy. Normally I'm looking for breasts on a female tree! Just the way I think I guess!
This year seems to be a year of milestones for a few of my trees. 4 years ago today I started several black locust trees from seed in a small plastic container. In the fall of 22’ I planted about half a dozen along my property line. After a couple growing seasons my priorities changed, and I ended up cutting them all down, save for one of them. This year it put out its first flowers I was mildly worried about this tree not getting enough sunlight to flower, but apparently it gets enough midday to late afternoon sun to do its thing. I absolutely love the smell of these in bloom.
Mine does get full sun for a few hours a day at least. There’s a yellow birch directly above it that I may have to convince my neighbor to let me take down Its showing signs of rot in the trunk anyway.
Does the BL have thorns? I encounter some with and some without as saplings. I usually discover the thorns the hard way!
Mine has a lot of thorns, especially on the younger branches. It’s an odd choice for a yard tree for sure but I like the one I have.
Guess it keeps wary hoarders from cutting it down! What else did you plant that's still going? HL? HVBW or did squirrels get those?
I’ve got a couple small honey locusts, several different kinds of chestnuts, one black walnut, a couple swamp white oaks, a regular white oak, a couple sassafras, and some paw paws.
We have lots of sassafras trees here, but I've never gone out and measured stamen lengths to identify boys/girls. Never really noticed berries either. Maybe the birds eat 'em pretty darned quick ?
I see the berries ripen to a a deep blue sometime in September, but they do disappear fast at that point. They must be a favorite of some animal because I’ve broadcasted hundreds of them in my backyard and have never found a new sapling that sprouted from seed. All I have are the two that I planted when they were very young.
Not really trees but shrubs I guess. Elderberry, 26 of them. I planted them at the gravel pit where I work. They are naturally occurring in the area, but I’ve recently become a fan of making elderberry jelly, so I want them everywhere. I also planted 10 at the house behind my woodshed. They are pretty much on their own from this point forward, at the mercy of Mother Nature and the wild creatures. I might give them a drink or two if’n they need it cause theys only about 20 feet from the pond
Nice! I planted one in my yard last year, which was slow to start but it’s really starting to take off this spring. Your location looks perfect. Where I find wild ones here are spots similar to yours. Lots of sun, close to water or down in a low spot where water collects.
I planted 12 American Chestnut starts in a raised bed to see if the take if / when they get 2 feet will transplant inside tomatoes cages..
