Just leafing out!!

A couple of my Maples just starting to leaf out, smaller one was just re-potted so it will need protection for awhile!!

LOve the one on the right. Nice.

Wow! The difference between western Mass. and Western NC.: I just completely defoliated my trident maple for the first time. I'll probably do it again in late July.

Thats awesome! I'm still waiting...

In Maryland the maples are out but zelcova and hornbeams are just opening this weekend. And for the 2nd night in a row the temps are predicted in the LOW 30s F. Here we go again! My landscape wisteria is pushing blooms right now. Last year the buds were ready to explode and a freeze happened.

lordy said:

In Maryland the maples are out but zelcova and hornbeams are just opening this weekend. And for the 2nd night in a row the temps are predicted in the LOW 30s F. Here we go again! My landscape wisteria is pushing blooms right now. Last year the buds were ready to explode and a freeze happened.

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Do you leave your wisteria out all year? I just got some seeds and saw mixed information about this. Also, if you know, when is a good time to plant them. Any information you can provide would be great.

Yeah...Long winter here, supposed to get down to 29 tonight. Getting tired of lugging my trees out during the day and back in at night!!...

jkl said:

Wow! The difference between western Mass. and Western NC.: I just completely defoliated my trident maple for the first time. I'll probably do it again in late July.

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sweet tree!!

Colorado Bonsai said:

Do you leave your wisteria out all year? I just got some seeds and saw mixed information about this. Also, if you know, when is a good time to plant them. Any information you can provide would be great.

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I have both landscape and containerized wisteria. I leave the container plant out all winter, and because of the size (10? gallon with potting soil) I dont even mulch it like I do with most of my other trees. Pretty hardy stuff, wisteria. I have not, however, planted any from seed, so I dont know how that goes. With how tough they are in general, I would think a plant that has grown for a full spring/summer/fall should be fine outdoors in the winter. I swear my landscape tree grows an inch per day ;0)

Great looking trees.
JoeDes

"Pretty hardy stuff, wisteria. I have not, however, planted any from seed, so I dont know how that goes. With how tough they are in general, I would think a plant that has grown for a full spring/summer/fall should be fine outdoors in the winter. I swear my landscape tree grows an inch per day ;0) "

Wisteria is very hardy, but to varying degrees. It slows growth dramatically the further north it is in the U.S. The explosive rampant growth we get here in the middle Atlantic states isn't the same as what happens in upstate New York or Wisconsin...Also, a stiff frost in April when containerized wisteria are pushing blossoms will kill the flowers. I have friends with a huge collected containerized wisteria (10 inch trunk, cascade) that is moved into a greenhouse on April nights when frosts are expected. They left it out once one April night just before a show and it dipped to 30 F. It was loaded with flower buds just ready to open. It dropped every single one two days later...