And oddly it is Maya doing it so early! Last year it was CG that gave me my first early flush. I think I pruned much harder this last month on these then I had in past years.
The scent out in my driveway is great! And in my backyard, Arborea is in constant bloom and fills the backyard with its distinctive perfume.
Beautiful Kell.
WHAAAA I can't get it to enlarge. It's so pretty. I want my brugs to look like that. I want blooms in May as well. YES- I'm jealous. We need more yard pictures kell..... Get that camera going.
It's gorgeous Kell. More photographs please... :-)
Beautiful flush Kell. I do remember your CG last year and it was quite a sight also. How large is your Arborea? I can just image the lovely fragrance from it penetrating the yard. I know we will be seeing many lovely pictures from you.
Kell, isn't this the one that looked like swiss cheese after the caterpillars last summer? It sure looks good now!
Beautiful.. I can't wait on mine but it doesn't look like many blooms as yours. Our are beginning to look like that in few months later i hope so. .. I dont have Maya. I noticed that I do have several new y's.. I need to take pix and post it. Lots of buds on the way!
Just gorgeous, I still can't find any buds. When did you start your fertilizer program? How old is this plant?
Wow, another beautiful plant!
Beautiful! I wish I could smell it!
Bonnie
Beautiful, Kell.
Wow, I'm impressed, how beautiful!!!
Lovely Kell!!!
Wow Kell.. That is a great pic. I love the contrast you created w/ the underplantings!!! I'm still waiting to get my brugs out to begin hardening off. If this is anything like last year.....Things won't get out until June 16th!!! Bummer of a thought-ey?
Just beautiful kell. I have one bud getting ready to open on my dbl. white....can't even imagine when mine are that large and with that many blooms!
Is there something about arboreas that are especially pleasing in fragrance? I have to read more about them in my Preissel book! That might make a good subject for a new thread!
No Sue, this is the mother plant of that caterpillar eaten one! I just killed that one Sunday!! It was in the front garden and it was too slow in recovering from the winter. I put a tall PB in its place.
I have gotten so many Mayas from this one. It is constantly putting them out. See the 1 big side growth in the front of this one? I have 2 good sized ones on it now. I had cut them all off just last month when I took it out of the hoophouse so these are so fast growing shoots.
Margie, I got this one from Roger Reynolds 3 years ago.
http://www.rogerreynoldsnursery.com/
It was a 5 gallon pot and was a huge bush!! For $25. I immediately cut off all but one stem and it kept growing till it got to be a nice tall tree.
Linda, I haven't fertilized any of my alley trees yet at all. I just can't seem to get to it. However, I did pull them out of their pots they had been in for 1 year. I cut the root ball way back and the canopy to match. Added fresh soil and repotted them up.
The color is just starting to change to an apricot now.
WOW! That is just gorgeous!!! I can't wait until I have something with that many blooms. I hope someday that'll happen...
Outstanding!
show off!! ;-) Looks wonderful Kell!
Is that in a pot? if so what do you have growing below it?
What a happy tree. Two thumbs up
Oh Lord, they are beautiful.. wow.
Kell, your brugs look so much like Monika's in shape and height. I'm proud of you. Wish we were closer so I could take some lessons from you. Maya is just beautiful.
Kell, which zone are you in, isn't Monica in 5a or b. I suppose zones could be part of it, huh???? Frankly, I think Monika and Kell just have a gift, ya know??!! SLike
Sherry, I believe kell is in the same zone that I am in...and that is 9 !
Margie posted: Sherry, I believe kell is in the same zone that I am in...and that is 9 !
Well, so much for that theory, huh? I guess they were just blessed and have a gift and talent.
SLike
Just lovely Kell, for someone who can't stand Brugs, you're doing a great job.
What a beautiful photo Kell ... maybe I should print it out and show it to my brugs so they know what they should look like.
I wish Brugie! LOL. And I learn from you all the time!
So Miss Lizzy........when did I ever say I couldn't stand brugs??? If that is the case, I am the biggest masochist you have ever known! LOL
Oh Deb, yours are just waiting to get out on the incredible porch you built for them! Mine all sadly know this is as good as it is ever going to get! LOL
My Maya is such a nice apricot color now.
Oh Kell...that is just beautiful. It looks like there are way over 40 blooms on it.
Very pretty, Kell. Loads of blooms.
BEAUTIFUL ! Can't wait until the day mine will look like that!
And no caterpillars yet. This was really trimmed around and sure seems to have responded well to that.
Ah just breathtaking!
