I have decided to join the blogging craze. I am looking forward to taking a moment to find out a little more about the plants I have been photographing. I hope to explore all aspects of plants, flowers, trees and other garden related topics. Sorry about having to watermark the photos but there are a lot of people using them without permission.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Last of the Pussy Willows
American Pussy-willow Salix discolor (SAL-iks) (DIS-kol-or)
Great pussy willow shot! Here in Vermont the unusual 80 degree days have sent the pussy willows into yellow pollen puffs floating in the breeze. I just ordered 4 different willows from Bluestem Nursery http://bluestem.ca. One is a corkscrew type used for floral arrangements, not the flowers. One is a French willow which I had as a kid--a great producer for abundant, fat catkins.
George Africa The Vermont Gardener http://thevermontgardener.blogspot.com
We used to have a pussy willow tree, but every year the black and yellow caterpillars got to it and stripped it clean. They did the same to my neighbor's weeping willow. You could see them marching relentlessly across our driveway from their tree to ours. So in the end we had to get rid of it. Very sad, because I love pussy willows.
10 comments:
A superb photo as ever. Beautifully composed and exposed. I have a tree paeony flower this week
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw GREAT SHOT :))
Happy WW !!
very cool shot
You took an awesome photograph. It is stunning. Thank you so much for sharing with Today's Flowers.
Lots of flowers here! :)
Thanks for sharing all of them ;)
Happy WW!
Wow. This super photo will have to stand in for the real deal for me this season. Haven't seen a one!
Nice and creative shot!
Happy WW. ;)
Wow, great shot!! Happy WW:)
Greetings from Vermont!
Great pussy willow shot! Here in Vermont the unusual 80 degree days have sent the pussy willows into yellow pollen puffs floating in the breeze. I just ordered 4 different willows from Bluestem Nursery http://bluestem.ca. One is a corkscrew type used for floral arrangements, not the flowers. One is a French willow which I had as a kid--a great producer for abundant, fat catkins.
George Africa
The Vermont Gardener
http://thevermontgardener.blogspot.com
Vermont Flower Farm
http://vermontflowerfarm.com
We used to have a pussy willow tree, but every year the black and yellow caterpillars got to it and stripped it clean. They did the same to my neighbor's weeping willow. You could see them marching relentlessly across our driveway from their tree to ours. So in the end we had to get rid of it. Very sad, because I love pussy willows.
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