Row of Crabapples
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moving a freshly plabted bareroot crabapple tree in bloom?
Comments (5)Ken, honestly, I don't know how I planted the tree in the wrong spot. I was doing around 40 ... but still, you would think it's kind of hard to do. No so, for this scatterbrained computer programmer turned weekend tree farmer. I had every spot marked and tagged with what I wanted there. I think the problem stemmed from me running out of stakes and then moving them around and getting this one mixed up a few days prior to planting. I don't really care about the symmetry, but my wife most certainly DOES. So this fall, we'll be swapping trees ......See MoreSpacing for row of Prairiefire Crabapples
Comments (1)I'd say 15 feet apart and 8 feet from the fence. Eventually they may cross somewhat at the top to create the massed row, but they are just likely to grow upward a bit to avoid shade from each other. You can always prune the touching branches (back to the tree of course) if they seem to be impeding each other....See MoreHelp me find a shrub (or two) please!
Comments (25)Hi Diggerdee - your Sassafras may be pesty, but I like your little grove of these trees! I think it's a very interesting tree, with sort of windy trunks and those cool mitten shaped leaves (smell good too). Not to mention it's a host plant for the Spicebush Swallowtail, and thanks to a grove of Sassafras in a nearby woodland, these gorgeous butterflies visit my garden regularly through the summer. From what I understand, they do colonize through root sprouts more so than seedlings. I have wanted to transplant a small one from the nearby grove, but have read that there is a dismal success rate with transplanting this species - because the root sprouts don't survive. Too bad you can't move your grove to my house! :) Garden for life, I think you mean Barberry (Berberis genus), which are very prickly and difficult to prune, and also considered a noxious weed in Mass. Northern bayberry (Myrica pennsylvanica) is not prickly at all and has attractive green foliage that remains semi-evergreen through the winter. It is dioecious, so the berries only form on female plants. It suckers too, but won't spread hither and yon like the Sassafras. (see link) As for Dogwood, you might want to consider Grey Dogwood (Cornus racemosa). I think it's the most drought-tolerant of the Dogwood species, which generally prefer moist soil. It does sucker, but that tendency would probably be tempered by the dry habitat. Here is a link that might be useful: Myrica pennsylvanica - Bayberry...See MoreCecropias
Comments (54)I haven't raised many cecropias, so others can give you better information, but I know all about luna moth cocoons! They scratch in the same spot on the inside of the cocoon for a little while (30 minutes?) all the while exuding a little (or a lot, sometimes) of an enzyme they use to break down the cocoon. All that scratching and exuding makes a hole in the cocoon, which they use to pop out of. They come out all body with pitiful little bitty wings. Magically, after the moth scurries to a support and hangs upside down, the wings grow hugely, the body shrinks, and, voila, you have a big moth! I never see any indicators that they're about to emerge, unless I just happen to hear scratching coming from their cage. Congratulations on your cecropias! Since we had such a long, cold winter, and they're once-a-year moths, it may be July or August before they make their appearance. Sherry...See Morenotl77
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