Moving farther away from most of the ornamental garden near the house, a couple of pear trees.
Black bamboo
This is a previously neglected area where we’ve been planting some trees. This is a rare Bhutan spruce, with some comfrey and rose campion right next to it, among a cluster of thistles (which we will have to get rid of).
We thought this was a Himalaya white pine, however it’s more likely a Rocky Mt white pine. It used to be nibbled by deer frequently, the last few years it has shot way up.
Nearby is a cedar that we rescued, it was curving sideways but we transplanted it and it straightened itself out and now competes with the white pine for new growth every year.
Shamora had this Coastal Redwood in a pot for several years; we finally planted it 2 years ago and it’s a foot above my head. I cut back some blackberries and salmon berries to clear out a space for it that has the right amount of shade. The green stem is this years’ new growth, and the brown-and-green was last year’s growth
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Same thing here with the Sequoia we planted. It’s doubled in height since we planted it. Both of these are on the edge of our woods, which take up half of our 10 acres.
