We're Adding A Flowering Cherry Tree To The Arboretum
Earlier this Spring, I spent time in Tokyo where in addition to heading to Tokyo Disneyland and checking out the fish market, we were also there during the peak Cherry Blossom season. I wrote about the trees here on the blog back in April . I've been enamored with the trees ever since. And trees have been on my mind lately as we continue to think about our yard. I'm trying to get an early start on trees, because unlike sod or even flowers or bushes, trees take much longer to mature to the point to where they've grown into their size. I've already posted about how we picked up a Dawn Redwood tree and planted it. I also posted about the space we're going to fill in with either flowering pear trees or perhaps European Hornbeams along our northside. And, of course, there's the Linden trees that I'm going to try to espalier . (At what point, can we start calling it an arboretum??) For Mother's Day, I also picked up Nat a Japanese flowering