They are yellow-orange on the outside then they open to red.
Northeast Gardening: Garden Photos - Part 44
It's Oriental bittersweet. Very invasive, but the berries are pretty.
Thanks for the ID, Victor. I had a feeling that it was invasive. I see it all over this area especially in untended lots or along fence lines.
You're welcome, Dyane. Here is my beech - now leafless.
I guessed right that those berries are bittersweet.
Beeches are very cool looking. There was an amazing one at Longwood gardens, but I didn't get a pic of it hopefully next time I go.
This pic is very similar
http://www.histreetrail.com/images/beech%204,%20church%20litten.JPG
Thanks Polly!
You're right, I never heard them refer to it when I lived there, area meteorologists not as specific in the 70's......LOL!
Is it an ornamental beech, Victor, or do you get those tiny beechnuts from it? My uncle said he used to eat the beechnuts while out hunting, but they seem too small, & he's long gone, so I can't check with him!
Ornamental. It's a weeping European variety.
thanks for the TR info Willie.... and it's a neat show Victor
Audrey and Jo Ann,
The Tug Hill Plateau has gained a lot of notoriety for Montague having 77 inches of snowfall in one day, and Hookeri having 466.9 inches in a year.
It was once the foothills of the Adirondacks, but then the Black River seperated it.
The people that live there are for a large part enviromentalists, and just in general people that like extreme snow conditions for what ever reason. Definitely a different way of living. Often they can't get fuel deliveries, or even to the store to get food. I know some of the children had to ride 3 hours each way on school buses, so now many are home schooled. Very remote, it averages only 50 people per square mile, and most are centered within certain towns. Most of it is owned by NY State.
And that, Ladies and Gents, is your history lesson for today.
I'm glad to have the info. The area came up on the news from time to time but I couldn't remember why.
Tug Hill has a nice winery, too ..... Back when we did the wine trails ..... Ah, fond memories ......
And for those of you who, like me, had their whistles whetted by Polly for even more info
Here is the "official" commission website for the area:
http://www.tughill.org/
THATS where I heard of it.
Shows you how clueless we become over 60 There is a bottle standing on the counter right now.
I recall especially liking the blush version
Somehow I missed the winery. What's the name on the bottle, Jo Ann?
Tugg Hill winery I dont drink so it doesn't register with me probably a Merlo
Just Googled Tugg Hill Vinyards
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Thanks, I'll have to check it out next time I get up that way.
The one that is in that area now is brand spanking new, planted just this past couple of years, I think .... not sure they have even produced any wine for sale, yet, maybe next year?
I should pay more attention at these things.
I can't for the life of me remember where we picked up that bottle .... maybe Lucas Vineyards.
Such turnover in the wineries lately... even Knapp winery I see isn't owned by the Knapps anymore.
K napp has a great resturante. I stop there to buy Lemonchella for SIL.
I went to college with one of the girls, glad to hear you like the restaurant and Limencello! Of course, it's hard for me to be impartial here .... :-) I haven't tried their brandy yet ..... not so much of an imbiber lately. Probably a good thing .... I keep telling myself!
Thanks for the correct spell.
I visit my sister in Trumansburg often .
I gave up drinking when I became diabetic. I would rether have a small piece of desert.
I love that drive down Cayuga Lake on RT.89
We went to Widmer this fall, and I always buy a couple of bottles of their cream sherry. It is almost identical to Harveys Bristol Cream Sherry, but about 6.00 a bottle, compared to 20 something for Harveys. At Widmer they said their 'new' parent company had discontinued it.
So this must be a trend? Small wineries selling out. Sad.
Ah yes, many memories of trips to Nana's down 89 and also 96 / 96A past the army thingie there.
When I first got out of high school, on a whim, a bunch of us drove out to my favorite swimming hole growing up summers at Nana's, Bikini Beach @ Rabbit Run, just up the road from Halseyville. Anyway, it is the perfect set of mini waterfalls, swimming holes and large trees with ropes to swing out on. Needless to say, everyone was hooked on Taughannock Falls and T-burg, so many trips followed, which of course lead to the wine trails. Dozens of BBQs at the Overlook.
It is sad to see turn-overs of small businesses, but not always a bad thing. We used to eat at "Old Port Harbour" there on the water ..... that was fun to pull the boat up, order and eat. They closed years ago.
The Seneca Army Depot. It has those amazing deer. I often went by there on my way to Five Points Correctional. (Work related, no hoodlums here). I often saw the deer. I would grab a sandwich at the Amish store, and park at the Depot to catch a glimpse of the deer.
http://www.senecawhitedeer.org/
I love Taughannock Falls. It is a lovely area, for sure.
Those white deer are cool...unlike the Albino these do NOT have the red eyes. Very interesting read.....thank you for sharing the link Polly!!
Yes! We ALWAYS looked for white ones ..... saw them several times when we would stop.
I haven't thought about that in years!
Oh, that sycamore sounds like cottonwoods. They do the same thing. When I lived in Nevada that was a popular tree there, and the lawns would get covered with white fluff. Looked like if just snowed.
Pollyk, I wouldn't want to live in an area like that Tug Hill area. Too remote for me! Thanks for the link on the white deer. Very cool!
Karen
One of my great-great uncles worked for the Vanderbilts at Sagamore in the Adirondacks...talk about winter cold!
Cold, cold, cold, Audrey. Minus 40ish I think. But not as much snow as the Tug Hill. Maybe it's too cold to snow so much?
The Lake George area is gorgeous. That wasn't in my territory, though, so I was seldom there. But just gorgeous.
No winery for me today, just the nursery! Couldn't resist this cyclamen--it was inexpensive, & unusual with the broken colors. The flowers are pinker---my flash bleached them out. What I did not buy were any amaryllis bulbs---$11.50 to $16.50---& no pots! Stopped at WFF but they were already closed for the season---they used to stay open until Dec.
Didn't get a chance to photograph it - busy getting ready for hosting on T-day - but I noticed my Itea Saturnalia STILL has its colorful foliage. This is by far the longest-lasting fall foliage plant I have. It must be over six or seven weeks at this point since it first started!
Still no snow; at least not any that will stick to the ground past noon. That's OK with me!! We had enough last winter to last for a few seasons!!
The kiddos and I baked cookies this afternoon! Great smells in the house!!
Beautiful cyclamen, ROBINDOG. I would have had a hard time resisting that one myself.
Karen
Dyane, I love all of your pictures posted a ways up above. I'm several days behind since I haven't been near a computer for a while.
Great cyclamen Robin!!
Flowerjen... i will have more ideas for winter interest stuff later today, but for now these are my thoughts. Callicarpa has wonderful purple berries until almost December... here. For you, probably late November. Dwarf varieties of nandina, I say dwarf because the larger ones can sucker pretty well. I 4th or 5th the redtwig dogwoods, there's quite a few varieties. To add to the above japanese maples; there's also Winter flame and I love Fjhellheim (both are Slightly smaller version of Sango Kaku, well winter flame is much smaller). Also Japanese Sunrise. A vine maple with bright orangy red bark is Acer cir. Pacific Fire (which came home with me the first time I saw it!). The semi evergreen viburnum rhytidophyllum. Many cryptomeria turn purple in the winter and then there are pines (likes 'gold coin' and 'chief joseph') that are bright yellow in the winter. Or are you thinking of mostly deciduous stuff?
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Nandina hardly suckers for me at all! And I have lost the vast majority of the dwarf ones, though Jen is probably a bit warmer than me. Grasses are nice in the winter. Winter King hawthorn is great - incredible number of berries that the birds don't seem to like. Winterberry holly is great. For structure, doublefile viburnums.
Oh Victor you have been on my mind all morning. Got a sale notice/ad from Park's ...take 50% off orders of 150.00 or more. Nice deal, especially since they have a nice variety of JM. I really like 'Orange Dream', 'Golden Full Moon', and ''Beni Hime' which are all hardy for z5!
http://www.parkslandscapes.com/All-Trees-All-Trees/c1_96/index.html?page=3
Nice! Not too sure about Park's quality though. Have you gotten trees/shrubs from them?
Just noticed today's bloom is my shot. Shelly and I have been on there lately.
Celeste - nice deal! you will like beni hime - i had one delivered yesterday along with a few others. will be planting in the rain today!
It's a lovely shot of the columbine too!!
Not sure about Parks....i''ve ordered from them several times but not a tree. Shrubs, berry bushes ect... mostly.
Do you or anyone know of a hardy Crepe Myrtle for my area? I am looking for one to plant next spring...i've always loved the spring color they give and have wanted one for a long time.