Sunday, July 24, 2011

Tree Updates (That No One Cares About)

Been way longer than I intended since I last posted.  I was going to try to update with pictures as things grew and what not, but I (obviously) have not done that.

    So this is how each one is doing, in a vain attempt at neatness:
  • Shortly after I planted them one of the forsythias died, I didn't water the second one enough awhile after that and it died too.  
  • My Japanese maple just barely tried to sprout leaves, but they went brown, and it's as dead as a door nail too.  
  • My elm has re-grown it's leaves, they're rather small, but it seems to be doing well enough.  I think they might be small because of this effect I read about at a bonsai website (forget which) that a 'false fall' or something would cause smaller leaves and would look better.  
  • My red maple tree had been doing pretty well, it had some brown spots, but was otherwise okay.  Now, after I was gone for a week it's nearly completely brown, I'm guessing my parents let it get too dry or something.   
  • My wisteria plant is doing amazingly well.  It's got really nice leaves and grows even if I try to pinch it back.
  • My white pine is has sprouts and the beginning of new pine needles, the tips of the old needles are still a little brown, but I guess it's doing alright if it's growing new branches.
  • My grape plant and my mom's lilac are doing alright, not growing a lot, nor dying, which is good.

Oh, and I saw a little tiny toad in the garden this morning.  It hopped away before I could get a picture though.