The Vitex is Alive!

I was worried that I had killed this Vitex, or Chaste Tree, but it's finally showing sign of life, I'm so happy!

Vitex agnus castus
“Chaste Tree”
10-20ft tree or cut back to promote shrubby growth
Zones 6-10
drought tolerant
Sun- pt sun
lavender flower spikes in July-September. Fragrant 8-12” blooms
highly attractive to bees, butterflies & hummers & promote excellent honey production


more info avail on this plant at floridata

Japanese Maple

 

Japanese Maple - I bought this last year at Home Depot as a very small tree. It's got beautiful red bark, and right now the leaves are sprouting.

 

Here's an image from a couple months ago.

Vitex Tree

I bought this Vitex Tree from Annies Annuals last summer, but I'm worried it's dead now that's it's been out in the elements all winter the trunk looks a little freeze damaged...

These buds look promising, but I'm not holding out too much hope. and I don't really want to snip off part of the trunk to see of it's still green, because that will create a branch point, and it s far too small to do that.

Oak Galls

Th oak tree in our backyard has a huge amount of galls on it this year.

Something is Eating My Fruit Trees

I'm not sure what to do about this, I suspect this damage has been done by crickets. I don't want to use pesticides.

Apricot starting to bloom

This morning the first blooms on my tilton apricot opened

Apricot Harvest

This was my harvest of apricots this year, not enought to make jam, but they were oh so tasty. There really is nothing like an off-the-tree ripe apricot. They just never ripen properly when you pick them early.