Yard Project 2012

[canadianplant]

Big things this year. Ive already planted 2 fruit trees (john pear, and toka plum), and I am awaiting the arrival of an order of evans cherry trees. I am trading one of them with my neighbor, for one of his european self fertile plums (he has never had a pollinator). That is on top of my Honeygold and seedling apples, and seedlng pear tree. Im effectively turning my yard into a mini orchard, which uses plants and plant assemblies called "guilds" and "communities", that end up creating a nearly 100% self sufficiant garden (minus maintainence like pruning, for the trees, and slashing the ground covers etc).

Oh top of the trees, I have fruiting shrubs (numerous barries) and fruiting vines (passiflora,grapes and hardy kiwi).

This will be complimented by my obsession with bamboo, and other "non hardy" plants. I am planning around the fact that I will be eventually planting, and protecting a palm. Here are some pics taken today:


John Pear
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Veiw of the back (yes its a mess, its being worked on)
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Basjoo, had some mites, and is perking up fast.
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Budding "Honeygold" apple
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Passiflora Incarnata
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Seedling Pear
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Daffodil
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Actinidia "Arctic Kiwi"
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Actinidia "Issai"
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Toka Plum (it looks better then that pic shows. It saw a bit of frost is all.
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Phyllostachys Areosulcata alata, just leafing out
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Rhododendron "helikkii"
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Trillium
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Fargesia "Spathacea" seedling (more then likely Nitida)
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You can see some shoots, from pre planting
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Some plants I brought out today
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Random seedlings
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Apricot seedling
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Fargesia Rufa, and shoots. The top kill was the winter before last.
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[Cameron_z6a_N.S.]

Great pics! It will be interesting to see how the P. incarnata and the kiwis do for you. I've got one yard project in mind for this season, but am not sure if I'll have enough time to work on it!

[lucky1]

Nice to get stuff outside, Jesse.
You're smart to put houseplants in semi shade of the fence to prevent sunburn.

Barb

[canadianplant]

Thanks Cameron. Im Pretty sure one of the kiwis will make it. There is a house 2 blocks away thats had one for a few years, i just never managed to grab fruit for the seed. Theyre the kiwi and Passiflora are well drained.

Barb - It jsut came outta nowhere, and is supposedly sticking around for the forseeable future. I usually start the plants on the north side of the house. There is a 60x 7 walk way thats shaded 95% of the day. Its filled with wood from the old deck we tore apart

[TimMAz6]

Your in the ice box.......no leaves on your trees yet! You have some great fruiting plants. Keep us updated on their progress.

[canadianplant]

Tim, thats because weve been under cloud cover for the last 2 weeks, with cool temps, and moist air/rainy. Great for the long run, as its been a bit dry, but it sucked for plant growth. Everything has exploded over the last 2 days, since weve had full sun, 20C+ daytime temps and 5C and above night temps.

[canadianplant]

What a difference a few days make. A few record breaking warm days and you get this:

Second year for my apple, just over 5 feet, has about 4 clusters of blooms. Might let one or 2 stay on.



This is my Fargesia Rufas shoots, over 3 days. The first picture, in each day, is one culm, and the second, another:

May 13






May15

[lucky1]

Nice, Jesse, when the struggles are over,huh?

Is your Passion flower vine shooting up yet?

Barb

[canadianplant]

Just planted that yesterday, along with tomatos, peppers, kiwi vines, grape... buch of other things. Got some berry shrubs (josta, boysen and goose). IT should just start to take off in a few days when it gets used to its new home.

[canadianplant]

Something Interesting, A venus fly trap flower:







And some new yard stuff:

New patio, gives more planting beds. Colocasia, Pixwell gooseberry, and random ground cover of veggies and herbs
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Jostaberry, complex current/gooseberry cross
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Apple blossom
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One of the new figs I got from Canadian Tire. Only labeled "edible fig"
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The other fig
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Second year for the Russian Olive, in full form, before flowering
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Some seedlings, one being an eastern redbud. The others are Chestnuts i grew from the supermarket. Notice the 3 distinct leaves from each seed!
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A general pic of the back. Getting better!
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[Cameron_z6a_N.S.]

Nice shots! I didn't know that Canadian Tire sold "edible figs"

[canadianplant]

Dude, they had a whole small wall in the greenhouse for "patio plants" to be taken indoors during the winter. Lemons, lime, tangerines, figs, hibuscus, various jasmine, oleander and a few other things. If i wasnt broke I woulda got a citrus for sure!

[TimMAz6]

Nice figs!