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| JAPANESE TREE LILAC... |
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| IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SUMMER |
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| ...HUGE PANICLES OF FLOWERS
Wednesday, 7:00 AM. 56 degrees F at the ferry dock, 47 on the back porch. Wind variable, very light to calm. The sky is clear, the humidity 83%. The barometer is more-or-less steady, currently standing at 30.03". It is a cool but excellent morning.
Yesterday evening it got down into the mid-forties, which called for a fire in the fireplace; and the Fourth of July is almost here!
Japanese tree lilacs, Syringa reticulata, in the olive family (Oleaceae), have just started blooming and will enliven the city with their giant, long-lasting white lilac flowers. They are hardy here in Bayfield and make a fine ornamental street tree, relatively trouble free and tolerant of a wide range of soil and moisture conditions. They even have a light lilac scent. There are a number of cultivars of the species reticulata, as well as a closely related species, S. chinensis. All are nice ornamental trees of rather similar habit, and right now I could not recommend any one over another.
We probably are at the point in Bayfield where we should not put too many more of these "eggs" in our tree basket, as it is never good to over-plant any one genus or species and thus limit the diversity of the urban forest. |
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