Kwanzan Cherry Trees, Crape Myrtles, Dogwood, or Yoshino? ===>> the first and the last are two types of the same.. if not the same ... flowering cherry in my z5 MI ... no such thing as a CM ... dogwoods are variable depending on native or foo foo .. and wind.. especially in winter ... no cacti grow in my z5 .. except maybe the prickly pear ... if that is a true cacti the cherry type trees of washington DC ... sometimes they bloom.. sometimes they dont.. depending on my z5 frost freeze after bud set ... micro climate rules on those ... as well as them dying outright in a bad z5 winter .... so it all matters which z5 ... many peeps in no drain clay .. plant only half to the root mass in the clay.. and berm above and around .. allowing the tree to live long enough with drainage .. to put its roots where it can cope with the native soil ... the deal with z5.. is that MI z5.. is much different than say kansas city z5 ... zone is simply put ... min winter temps ... one day .... one minute in time in the dead of winter ... to exaggerate for impact ... summer in z5 can be the opposite issue.. as to what can cope year round.. though perhaps this issue is not as great when outside the world of conifers ... further south z5 has severe summer humidity problems ... give us a major city ... NEVER amend a planting hole ... unless you really know what you are doing ... the problem with really bad clay.. is that you basically dig a cauldron ... which water will never drain out of .... and there arent many trees that like to live in a tub of water.. roots need air.. as much as they need moisture ... so the half in.. half out idea.. allows the tree to put its roots where it can cope... and if you accept the cauldron idea.. you should understand.. that adding anything into the cauldron.. is NOT going to make water drain any faster.. and many things thrown in holes.. actually RETAIN more water.. like anything peat based ... to suggest your general area is completely devoid of trees ... and no tree can ever live in your clay ... is probably not reality ... trees can definitely grow and cope with any clay ... and your 40 year old concolor is a prime example.. the real issue is the fact that you are moving and planting a tree.. and can it 'cope'.. due to the transplant.. until it can take care of itself.. which is a short way of saying.. its the human touch that will kill them ... i still maintain.. there are very few trees that can not deal with it ... otherwise zone appropriate ... if they are properly planted .. and cared for ... anyway.. if you cant tell.. i am stills struggling to stay awake.. to go pick her up form the dance in a 30 minutes ... i figured what you meant on the fruiting .. just trying to clarify your ideas into concepts that can be discussed ... just trying to focus you on the thought process .. without suggesting that everyone elses replys are 'blatent misinformation'... anyway.. did the variegation do anything for mom .. or is that too far outside the box.. lol ... its more of a walk out there and enjoy it often.. rather than gaze at it from the window type thing.. depending on distance from house ... redbud might be a very early pink ... seedlings probably wont be an issue in grass ... and my 25 year old one that came with the house.. didnt go much beyond 25 feet ... i cant recall any special fall color on the heart shaped leaves ... see link .. oh yeah.. add 'in fall' to the search .. and its a lemon yellow ... though there is a red one there called 'Charlotte Eastern Redbud'.. and i know nothing about that one ... 4th pic ken ps: i suspect we are reading much more into your description of your soil.. than you mean to imply ... have you ever done a perk test.. dig a hole .. fill with water.. and find out how fast it drains ... and frankly .. if it drains at all.. you do NOT have 'bad' clay ... i bet december is not the best to to try this.. as in my z5.. the soil has been frozen for 10 days already ... Here is a link that might be useful: blooms before it leafs out.. sometimes in a light spring snow .. in my z5

Sometimes they do produce seedl*ngs that are similar to the parent plante. Seed strains, with named cultivars, are based on the premise that close pollination will produce a majority of seedl*ngs that closely resemble the parent. But, since they are of hybrid origin, there are a number of "wild cards" that can be present! Some Helleborus x hybridus produce few or no viable seed, even with hand pollination. Others will produce variously colored seedl*ngs, some resembling the parent, many others, not so. I have an old pink-flowered one in an isolated location in the rear gar-den, that didn't produce viable seed for many years. Once seedlings began to appear, they were all pure white. Seedlings from those offspring are predominately white, but with an occasional pink one in the crowd! I have other very old H. x hybridus that have never produced viable seed. The plants are monoecious, both male/female organs are present, so they are capable of reproducing in isolation. Good luck!

It looks to me like you've pruned your main stem and the tomato is trying to recover. That's why the other stem came up. Leave the flower. It may go on to put out more flowers on that truss if not more trusses with more flowers will form (if you don't prune them haha). BTW, the downside is by cutting the main stem like that you set yourself back several weeks (in getting ripe edible fruit). The upside is you're providing a good example of how resiliant tomatoe plants are. Do what digdirt/Dave said there's no reason to reiterate basically the same instructions. Don't feel badly it's all a learning experience and in the future you'll have an amusing story to tell. Good luck. Randy

When I heard this, I was sick. Not just because I know this family but because of the teenagers. What would make friends turn on one? Do they really think they are invincible, that they'd get away with it? I saw the news today and the teens were making their first court appearance. The faces on the parents of the accused were so incredibly sad. Imagine your child guilty of murder....