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Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Dec 10, 09 at 13:13
harvest gold
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- Posted by brandon7 6b (like 7b now) TN (My Page) on
Thu, Dec 10, 09 at 13:38
| Great title and picture. The title adds to how you see the picture. Do you have other crabapples? If so, which? |
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- Posted by whaas 5a Milwaukee (My Page) on
Thu, Dec 10, 09 at 21:40
| Now that is a great photo! Is that another crab behind the Harvest Gold dropping its fruit already? |
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| that is the neighbors fire bush .... just blanking on its latin name .... those are dead red leaves under it Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Sieb. boy dont bother putting fire bush in google... just an endless stream of nothing to do with plants .... link below .. and apparently the fact that there are a lot of regional plants commonly known as fire bush ... ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Sieb.
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- Posted by gaalan z7b(on map) 8(imby) (My Page) on
Fri, Dec 11, 09 at 19:07
| That shot shows a very neat characteristic, yellow fruit on a red petiole! |
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- Posted by gaalan z7b(on map) 8(imby) (My Page) on
Sat, Dec 12, 09 at 6:58
| I should have said red "stalk" not petiole. |
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- Posted by whaas 5a Milwaukee (My Page) on
Sat, Dec 12, 09 at 21:05
RE: invasion from the planet crab
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| Ken, if you had searched under the common name of burning bush rather than "fire" bush, you would have turned up the botanical name immediately :-) And therein lies the issue with common names......since there are NO correct common names but only regional applications that often get morphed into something entirely different (i.e., fire bush), correctly labeling or ID'ing a plant based only on the common name gets tricky. |
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| Great pics, Ken. Malus is one of my favorite trees! Does anyone have suggestions for one that is more spreading than upright, with white flowers? I have been thinking M. 'sugar tyme" but know there may be other choices out there. I want to add one next year. Thanks,
Cynthia |
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| i have been so sick this last week ... and i knew it wasnt a fire bush.. never called it that in my life... but just couldnt get my brain to burning.. go figure ... the name on that tree is lost .... but i know its not red jewel ... the grounds frozen.. so i cant go scratching around for a buried tag ... and i have no clue where the hardcopy map is .... ken |
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| LOL!! This happens to me all the time and not due to illness......I call it "senior moments" :-) I can forget folks names and phone numbers and other bits of data routinely, but I always managed to be on top of plant names. Not so much lately. Often I really have to dig in the old brain cells to come up with common names but now its moved on to the botanical names as well. Not a good thing if one is in the business of recommending plants or helping customers find specific plants (usually referred to ONLY by common name) or teaching folks about plants. I think I may need to hit the Ginkgo biloba :-) |
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| Harvest Gold has always been one of those 'Wow' plants for me. Just beautiful. And that red one is very beautiful as well. I have some dogwoods that are outgrowing their spots. Maybe I will consider a crabapple for one of them. |
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| well the brain cells have been trying to fire at speed .... the red MIGHT BE prairie fire .... link below for comparison ... ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: link
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- Posted by whaas 5a Milwaukee (My Page) on
Thu, Dec 17, 09 at 14:29
| Hey Ken, when does the harvest gold fruit persist til? And does it maintain that color until then? |
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| most likely.. until the birds get hungry enough in the dead of winter.. to eat them .... to tell the truth .... i dont know .... but most of the winter ... ask again every month thru may ... sooner or later they will be gone ... something tells me something happens to them during winter.. that makes them more palatable for the birds .... but i dont recall specifically .... ken |
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- Posted by whaas 5a Milwaukee (My Page) on
Thu, Dec 17, 09 at 17:26
| As they ripen they become more tasty...the later the fruit ripens the more likely you are to have fruit later in the season. Take the 'Firebird' for example, you may see red fruit as late as March but as you mentioned it depends on the birds. The more I look at that tree the more I want it, lol.
There are several crabs planted at a local commercial building that had profuse, vivid yellow fruit up until late November...the color no longer exists, they are brown now. |
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| ripen.. ferment.. whatever... probably why.. if you plant it close to the house.. you will have spring birds flying into windows ... lol ... wondering what happen to that hot chick they saw flying right at them .... ahhh ... to be in love and stoned ... and.. with freeze thaw and what not.. might soften them .... as they are now .. that would have to be one big bird ... to inhale those things .... probably have to wait for the robins to fly back north ... all speculation ken |
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| Malus Hupenesis tea crabapple is a wide spreader. Mine has an every other year heavy blooming habit. Do some research on crabs bloom schedule so you won't be surprised or disappointed in the off year. |
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| They are lovely. I wish crabapples lasted better through the summer and fall here. The blossoms are gorgeous, but by the end of summer, the foliage here looks like garbage. And I don't recall ever seeing the fruits with such beautiful colors, either. |
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| whass i noticed the fruit are disappearing.. littering that snow below ... saw a robin pearched in the tree yesterday ... no clue why he is back so early ..... so it appears that feb is the answer to your previous question ... ken |
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- Posted by whaas 5a Milwaukee (My Page) on
Fri, Feb 5, 10 at 16:13
| So fairly persistant...How is the color? Did it go brown in January? |
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| I have an apple tree in front of our house. We have no idea how old it is or even what kind it is. We always thought it was a crab because the apples stay pretty small and they are usually green. Although my husband pruned it back A LOT Fall '08 and this past fall '09 the apples had a tint of red on them and they were a little bigger than the season before. The blossoms are usually white with a tint of light pink. The apples are usually dry and bitter but this year they were a little sweeter(I assume due to pruning). Does anyone have an idea of what it might be? I have been contemplating cutting it down and putting a prettier flowering tree or at least a better tasting apple there. This is the only pic I have of it and it is in the fall with no leaves before it was pruned. I thought it would give an idea of the habit.
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