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| JUNEBERRY BLOSSOMS.. |
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| ...JUIST BEGINNING TO BLOOM IN THE GARDEN |
The Juneberries are just beginning to bloom, very late again this year (as they were last year). My data suggest that they can bloom anywhere from mid April to Memorial Day, depending upon the severity and length of the winter.
There are at least a dozen species of the genus Amelanchier in North America and they hybridize readily so it takes some exact taxonomic knowledge and a lot of work to accurately identify them. Suffice it to say that those that are mostly shrubby are represented in Wisconsin by the species canadensis, and those that are more tree-like by the species laevis. There are a number of horticultural selections on the market as well. I have written a number of posts on Juneberries and I may be contradicting myself. Use the blog search engine for a lot more information on Amelanchiers. I consider them the iconic spring flowering woody plants of the Northland, and admire them greatly.
We are planting the rest of our Bayfield street trees this morning (with perhaps a few left over for next week) so I am quite pressed for time and energy.
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