Speaking of tiny, check out these trees. Not a one is less than four years old.
The one below is a Bald Cypress seedling. Its brother is
4 feet tall, so I have hope for a decent specimen one day.
The one below is a Bald Cypress seedling. Its brother is
4 feet tall, so I have hope for a decent specimen one day.
The second one is a white oak seedling. Not just any oak seedling. The parents are twin trees in the town of Smithfield that have stunning pure red fall color. I've never seen another white oak with that color. Most turn to shades of wine and russet. Perhaps the Smithfield trees are hybrids, but the leaves look exactly like white oak leaves.
Anyway, I wish this seedling would grow. I have two seedlings from the special red white oak trees and they are equally tiny.
The 3rd is a sassafras tree. Have you ever seen anything so tiny?
I think I better feed these trees next year. They've proven that they could use some help.
I think I better feed these trees next year. They've proven that they could use some help.
Tiny can be a good thing. Prissy is a very dainty cat with the tiniest, whitest
little feet. We often say of her that she's so small she's almost not even there.
little feet. We often say of her that she's so small she's almost not even there.
Tiny insects are swarming the very late-blooming aster 'Miss Bessie'.
This tiny duo came head to head while feeding. The honeybee was so
intent on her work that she literally walked into the fly before noticing it.
intent on her work that she literally walked into the fly before noticing it.
Happy Friday, and thanks to Katarina at roses and stuff for hosting Blooming Friday!
Tiny trees indeed - especially the sassafras would be well worth the patience, I think! Amazing bee on aster captures - lucky you to have late flowers and bees :)
ReplyDeleteYour images of the bees are amazing as always, Sweetbay--I can almost hear them buzzing. Prissy is a sweetie; she must enjoy having a few trees that are just her size.
ReplyDeleteWhen you see tiny tree seedlings like this, it makes you appreciate all the more how the tall trees we have managed to survive.
I've always wanted a sassafras tree. The fall color is stunning. I hope they make it!
ReplyDeleteHa, you should see the tiny twigs I call trees on my back hill. When they only have two or four leaves to photosynthesize with they don't ever look like they will grow. But they will. (Civilizations flourish when people plant trees under whose shade they will not sit.)--my mantra.
ReplyDeleteThe bee and aster shots are incredible!
Wow! Amazing photos! Please, please let me know what camera you are using. I am now in the market for a DSLR.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Prissy is so cute. Tiny is precious. Your tagging of tree babies reminds me of my DIL at Six Acres. It's always exciting to find a good tree that has seeded on the property...and very important not to mow it over!
I have a few trees that are about as big as the ones you shared. How nice to have a Bald Cypress, love their fall color. Want to find a Sassafras, they are all over the place here, but not by the lake.
ReplyDeleteI hope your tiny trees make it to full size. Good thing they are not soft and comfortable perennials otherwise Prissy would be sleeping on them!
ReplyDeleteHave agood weekend.
Beautiful pictures! Hope you are doing well! Carla
ReplyDeleteThe shots of the asters are stunning especially the last couple of images. Bravo! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteBefore you know it those trees will be huge!
ReplyDeleteFeed those trees.
ReplyDeletePlanting trees always reminds me that I was a little late to catch the garden 'bug'. You know, when I ask as to when is the best time to plant a tree and the reply is "20 years ago".
Prissy is a good name for a cat by the way.
The Aster looks beautiful.
Maybe your trees need Miracle Grow!
ReplyDeletePrissy is a dainty looking kitty, indeed! Nice Macro shots of the Asters and bees.
Happy Weekend.
Wow - wonderful marcos!
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures....
ReplyDeleteHope your tiny trees will grow fast ;)
Have a nice weekwnd ;)
Wow...lovely photos!!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day! / Irene
Sassafrass, remember when I was younger I red a Comic with a small monkeylike creature with an enormous long tail, whom ate those leaves the whole time. I never guessed they were for real. A pity I can't there recall the name of that comics.. Beautiful pictures :)
ReplyDeleteLove the shots of the flies and the bees! They're tiny but they do a lot of good!
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a great weekend!
Oh, I love the teeny, tiny trees! The little White Oak is adorable. Trees are such long term commitments. Nothing says "I love my garden" like planting a tree. :)
ReplyDeleteIn this world of instant gratification most would go out and buy big trees to plant. Though it takes long to grow a tree it really passes fast as the years pass. I look out at the red leaf maple I planted over thirty years ago that is now so huge and lovely and think where did the years go. LOL! Gardeners have hope in the future.
ReplyDeleteYour images of the honeybee and fly are fantastic. What great macros of them on your pretty asters.
Those are very tiny trees, and apparently slow growers.
ReplyDeleteLove the photo of the fly and the bee bumping into each other!
Tiny but someday "mighty" ~ especially the oaks. The color sounds phenomenal. I hope they take off for you soon.
ReplyDeleteYour kitty is so sweet. Nothing wrong with a tiny kitty.
Your bee photos are always great but that last one is out of this world!!!! I see the sun is still shining there ~ it must not be cold at all???
Miss Bessie is a wonderful flowering plant and I am glad every time I look at her that she came to live in my garden! One thing I've noticed about oak trees~They seem to double in size rather quickly! I like the tiny things meme for Blooming Friday!
ReplyDelete~gail
The fly/bee photo is amazing. Nobody photographs bees like you do.
ReplyDeleteI've never read a post about tiny trees before, but I sure like the idea. You've done a good job of marking them so that they don't get mowed over or walked on. I hope they grow up to be big and strong.
donna
How could I have forgotten to mention Prissy in my previous comment. She's one sweet-looking kitty.
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I love your tiny trees Sweetbay. To think someday they will grow so very tall! Rabbits would have eaten mine by now for sure, if I were to plant any that small. Love you bees . . . the wild bees here are dormant now. If that is the correct word. I know how those bees can get so into their feeding and gathering pollen that they forget where they are. Great photos! I also love the tiny curls in your asters in the last shot especially. ;>)
ReplyDeleteSweet bay, thank you for your comment regarding the pink-looking bush in my last post. I did a little checking and there are burning bushes that turn pink in fall. Now I don't have to knock on the neighbor's door and ask them if they know the name of it. Guess that would be a good way to get to know them though.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to you.
donna
Most of my Japanese maples were tiny seedlings, less than a foot tall, when I planted them in the fall of 1990. I had to circle them with rocks and identify them as trees to my husband, so he wouldn't get them with his weedeater! Back then I tried to talk a friend into buying a small Japanese maple when she couldn't afford a large one. She refused. Now I have magnificent trees, and she finally planted a small one!
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