Saturday, March 8, 2014
Spigelia
Spigelia
Spigelia marilandica ( Indian Pink )
A moderate growing, bushy compact perennial, reaching up to 2.5 x 3 feet ( usually closer to 1.5 feet ) that is native to moist woodlands and riverbanks of southeastern U.S. ( Oklahoma to Missouri to Indiana to Maryland; south to Texas to Florida ). It has become rare in the wild in many places and may no longer occur in Maryland. It is late to appear during spring ( mix with evergreen ferns and spring bulbs esp. trilliums ) but once it does, it is among the most beautiful of all out native flowers. Planted in drifts covering a large area, the Indian Pink is truly spectacular.
The smooth margined, lance-shaped to ovate leaves, 4 to 6 inches in length, are deep green. The foliage remains attractive all season long. Each stem bears 4 to 7 pairs of stalkless leaves.
The intense scarlet-red ( yellow throated ), upward facing, tubular, trumpet-shaped flowers, up to 2 x 1 inches, are borne during late spring into early summer ( removing the spent flowers extends the bloom season, sometimes for the remainder of summer ). The flowers are borne in clusters slong the stems. This is among the best of all native North American plants for attracting hummingbirds when grown en masse.
Hardy zones 4 to 9 ( reports of 3 with very heavy mulch ) in partial to full shade on humus rich, slightly acidic, fertile, well drained soil. It may thrive best with 2 to 3 hours of full sun daily, the remainder of the day in shade however tolerates much more diverse conditions. Heat tolerant as long as it is growing on moist soil.
This plant is very low maintenance once established, with no serious pests or disease problems though some mildew or minor leaf spot sometimes occurs. They are also deer resistant.
Plant during spring, preferrably while still dormant.
Propagation is nearly impossible from cuttings thus its rarity in cultivation and lack of named clones. It is easy from seed however and I personally recommend this plant for any woodland garden. Plants may take up to 3 years to bloom from seed. Older clumps can also be divided during early spring while still dormant.
* photo of unknown internet source
* photos taken on May 16 2011 in Washington, D.C.
Spigelia gentianoides
A perennial native to the southeastern U.S. that is endangered with extinction.
It is native to the Apalachicola River Basin in far northern Florida.
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Spigelia marilandica ( Indian Pink )
A moderate growing, bushy compact perennial, reaching up to 2.5 x 3 feet ( usually closer to 1.5 feet ) that is native to moist woodlands and riverbanks of southeastern U.S. ( Oklahoma to Missouri to Indiana to Maryland; south to Texas to Florida ). It has become rare in the wild in many places and may no longer occur in Maryland. It is late to appear during spring ( mix with evergreen ferns and spring bulbs esp. trilliums ) but once it does, it is among the most beautiful of all out native flowers. Planted in drifts covering a large area, the Indian Pink is truly spectacular.
The smooth margined, lance-shaped to ovate leaves, 4 to 6 inches in length, are deep green. The foliage remains attractive all season long. Each stem bears 4 to 7 pairs of stalkless leaves.
The intense scarlet-red ( yellow throated ), upward facing, tubular, trumpet-shaped flowers, up to 2 x 1 inches, are borne during late spring into early summer ( removing the spent flowers extends the bloom season, sometimes for the remainder of summer ). The flowers are borne in clusters slong the stems. This is among the best of all native North American plants for attracting hummingbirds when grown en masse.
Hardy zones 4 to 9 ( reports of 3 with very heavy mulch ) in partial to full shade on humus rich, slightly acidic, fertile, well drained soil. It may thrive best with 2 to 3 hours of full sun daily, the remainder of the day in shade however tolerates much more diverse conditions. Heat tolerant as long as it is growing on moist soil.
This plant is very low maintenance once established, with no serious pests or disease problems though some mildew or minor leaf spot sometimes occurs. They are also deer resistant.
Plant during spring, preferrably while still dormant.
Propagation is nearly impossible from cuttings thus its rarity in cultivation and lack of named clones. It is easy from seed however and I personally recommend this plant for any woodland garden. Plants may take up to 3 years to bloom from seed. Older clumps can also be divided during early spring while still dormant.
* photo of unknown internet source
* photos taken on May 16 2011 in Washington, D.C.
Spigelia gentianoides
A perennial native to the southeastern U.S. that is endangered with extinction.
It is native to the Apalachicola River Basin in far northern Florida.
ROOF GARDENS 1 SPIRITUALITY
As a true urbanite, roof gardens are a subject close to my heart.
Here is the first of (what I envision to be) many posts on this subject matter.
One of the original seven wonders of the world, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were created from emotional and spiritual reasoning. …built by Nebuchadnezzar around 600 B.C.E. He built it to please his homesick wife, Amyitis, who was from distant Media. Amyitis found the flat and sun-baked environment of Mesopotamia depressing. She longed for the trees, meadows and fragrant plants of her homeland. Nebuchadnezzar, in the hope of appeasing her, decided to build a “recreated homeland” -- an artificial mountain with rooftop gardens (above grade), an “evolved ziggurat”.
The Greek geographer Strabo, described the gardens in 1 BCE as “consisting of vaulted terraces raised above one another and resting on cube-shaped pillars. These were hollow and filled with earth to allow trees of the largest sizes to be planted.” Diodorus Siculus, a Greek historian of the same era believed “ the garden was 100 feet square and built up in tiers so that it resembled a theatre. Vaults had been constructed under the ascending terraces which carried the entire weight of the planted garden… the highest gallery contained conduits for the water which was raised by pumps in great abundance from the Euphrates River.”2 Though historians question the existence of these roof gardens (although except in 1899 archeologist Robert Koldewey believed he had discovered the site at which it was created in southern Iraq near modern day Baghdad), one can conclude by the survival of this oral history that if the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were a myth, ancient civilizations still conceived of this concept and dreamed of creating this oasis.
Even today there is an innate feeling, an awareness that harkens from the same inner place and thoughts of the ancient Mesopotamians and Incan civilizations of creating a sanctuary at a higher elevation, rising above the rest of the world to a place closer to the sun and the heavens.
Many urban gardens can be inward looking, almost “cloister-ish”. A garden in the rear of an urban brownstone is no doubt a cherished piece of property. An oasis surrounded by fifty-foot high buildings is inward looking, reminiscent of the enclosed garden of the Middle Ages. But, look aloft, to the top of the buildings… the roof garden is outward looking, a sanctuary high up on top of a building, sometimes with an endless panorama, a bright, beautiful, and open sky above it. Most appropriately, it fits today’s city dweller with their overscheduled, time challenged lives. For many, traveling to a city park takes a 1/2 hour or longer to embrace nature; walking up a flight of stairs or out their side door to a shared or private roof garden is but seconds away and “immediately gratifying.” A place to look at and admire the blue skies at day and heavens at night. It is a place to relax and re-energize, a place to reflect and even to pray. We enjoy company and serve them meals below the heavens; we even light candles and torches for ambiance at dusk. How different is this than the Mesopotamian ziggurat, perhaps the first roof garden and cosmic axis?
Maybe the roof garden is a holy place. Maybe it hasn’t changed much--its essence is arguably the same as it was 6,000 years ago. People escalated themselves, or surrounded themselves on this (mostly) raised platform to reach another plateau, physically higher and spiritually greater. One could argue that there isn’t any difference between the priests of Ur in Mesopotamia ascending the ziggurat to its apexical temple and the urban dweller that uses his/her roof garden to unwind and meditate. Roof gardens can be intensely private spaces, essentially... sanctuaries.
Frederick Law Olmstead is paraphrased by historian Elizabeth Rogers that the “creation of scenery evokes a poetic mood lifting one out of everyday care and ennobling the spirit with intimations of the divine.”
Gardens are an ethereal world – they should be calming spaces and transport you to another state of mind...
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Here is the first of (what I envision to be) many posts on this subject matter.
Illustration of ziggurat
The ancient history of aerial gardens began around 4000 B.C. as large temples were being built in Mesopotamian towns on top of mud-brick platforms. Over hundreds of years the temples were rebuilt on the remains of previous buildings, thus the platform grew in size. As these “ziggurats” evolved in structure, multiple stepped stages were added and stairways spiraled up them on the outer edges. On each level of the ziggurat there was a terrace covered in baked brick. According to British archeologist Sir Leonard Wooley, “at landings on these stepped towers, plantings of trees and shrubs on flat terraces softened the climb and provided relief from the blazing heat of Babylonia.” The most well known of these is the ziggurat of Nanna in the ancient city of Ur and “Etemenanki”, which translated from Sumerian is “house on the foundation of heaven on earth”. As modern students of history and the bible may be aware of, “Etemenanki” is more commonly referred to as “the Tower-of-Babel.”
Brueghel, Peter, The Tower-of-Babel
(top) Hanging Gardens- Assyrian interpretation (bottom) Hanging Gardens ©Briwn Brothers
Even today there is an innate feeling, an awareness that harkens from the same inner place and thoughts of the ancient Mesopotamians and Incan civilizations of creating a sanctuary at a higher elevation, rising above the rest of the world to a place closer to the sun and the heavens.
Many urban gardens can be inward looking, almost “cloister-ish”. A garden in the rear of an urban brownstone is no doubt a cherished piece of property. An oasis surrounded by fifty-foot high buildings is inward looking, reminiscent of the enclosed garden of the Middle Ages. But, look aloft, to the top of the buildings… the roof garden is outward looking, a sanctuary high up on top of a building, sometimes with an endless panorama, a bright, beautiful, and open sky above it. Most appropriately, it fits today’s city dweller with their overscheduled, time challenged lives. For many, traveling to a city park takes a 1/2 hour or longer to embrace nature; walking up a flight of stairs or out their side door to a shared or private roof garden is but seconds away and “immediately gratifying.” A place to look at and admire the blue skies at day and heavens at night. It is a place to relax and re-energize, a place to reflect and even to pray. We enjoy company and serve them meals below the heavens; we even light candles and torches for ambiance at dusk. How different is this than the Mesopotamian ziggurat, perhaps the first roof garden and cosmic axis?
Maybe the roof garden is a holy place. Maybe it hasn’t changed much--its essence is arguably the same as it was 6,000 years ago. People escalated themselves, or surrounded themselves on this (mostly) raised platform to reach another plateau, physically higher and spiritually greater. One could argue that there isn’t any difference between the priests of Ur in Mesopotamia ascending the ziggurat to its apexical temple and the urban dweller that uses his/her roof garden to unwind and meditate. Roof gardens can be intensely private spaces, essentially... sanctuaries.
Frederick Law Olmstead is paraphrased by historian Elizabeth Rogers that the “creation of scenery evokes a poetic mood lifting one out of everyday care and ennobling the spirit with intimations of the divine.”
Gardens are an ethereal world – they should be calming spaces and transport you to another state of mind...
“Let me recommend
What to do
When your heart is heavy or blue.
Get to steppin.’
Climb those stairs
To that ballroom in the air.
Does anyone wanna go
waltzing in the garden?
Does anyone wanna go dance up on the roof?”
What to do
When your heart is heavy or blue.
Get to steppin.’
Climb those stairs
To that ballroom in the air.
Does anyone wanna go
waltzing in the garden?
Does anyone wanna go dance up on the roof?”
- Al Jarreau, Larry Williams, Andrew Ford, “Roof Garden”, Reprise Records ©1981
Friday, March 7, 2014
garden designs small
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Gardens are usually lovely and also good for the particular soul. They are able to become the private sanctuaries out of the day to day routine and tensions in the world as well as they can just be a place to get a grand period. Some people merely enjoying being placed in their back garden while others want to plant plant seeds and watch blossoms and shrubbery grow. Regardless of what your garden is employed for, you love getting one as well as appreciate just what it offers you. An incredible looking back garden that is made well is an excellent investment given it adds worth to your house and helps it be much more appealing on the wide open market if you decide to sell.
In many cases it is very hard to design your backyard because it is difficult to get good ideas. You could very well know some small garden designs which you like but you could find it a challenge to find out where to begin. You dont need to to make radical changes for a garden as a way to improve that, as modest changes as well as innovative usage of focal points will make all the difference on the globe. One thing that will interest you would be to have a water fountain installed. Water fountains can make the right focal point in the center of a good ole or flower garden and in addition they provide chickens with a organic bathing as well as drinking supply. A water fountain can be as sophisticated or as elementary as you desire. To the small yard, building a modest environment in a corner in which consists of a sloping incline made of natural stone with a water fall toward the most notable, can provide an attractive little retreat of your personal.
Small garden designs can also be points as simple as grape planting your bouquets in series, according to coloring and type. As soon as grown, you should have created a really dramatic influence of diverse colours. Make use of your creativity along with plant the actual flowers following a contours of ones flower bed for the more included look. Make sure you plant bouquets that have related lifespans so that every one of the flowers very last equally as lengthy. You could add a couple of portable photo voltaic powered lights that sit down on spikes. Youll want to only force the table lamps into the floor. In the evenings the nice and cozy glowing equipment and lighting illuminating your flowers and plants offer a very pleasing and peaceful feeling.
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Just about the most popular forms of small garden designs involves placing a small wood corner patio into one of several corners of the garden. It is possible to choose one which has a railing or with no and by introducing a stand and a handful of chairs, youve created a great place to take pleasure in your morning hours coffee. Place decks can be bought as systems and it usually takes just a couple of hours to complete the position yourself. In case you have a nicely created garden, you may feel good about your complete home, since the garden is really a nature-inspired living space situated just outdoors your door.
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CHINESE MONEY MAPLE
Dipteronia sinensis
A very ornamental bushy, pyramidal deciduous tree reaching around 33 feet, that is native to moist shady forests of central China where it is endangered. It is a relative of the Acer - Maples. Some records include: largest on record - 53 x 44 feet with a trunk diameter of 1.5 foot. It has been found in fossilized form in Washington State where it occured long ago before getting wiped out in the last Ice Age.
The handsome large, feathery, pinnate leaves, up to 24 inches in length, are composed of up to 17 leaflets, up to 5 x 2 inches.
The pale green with white stamen flowers are borne in clusters, up to 12 inches in length.
They are followed by showy large bundles of bright green winged fruits that eventually turn deep red. The fruits resemble that of Elms more than of Maples which they are related to.
Hardy zones 5 to 9 in full sun preferring deep, moist, fertile, well drained soil. Prefers to be sheltered from excessive wind. It thrives in England and likely would in the eastern U.S. as well. Few pests or diseases bother this plant other than root rot which may occur on stressed plants ( potential of prevention with using the beneficial Trichoderma fungi )
Propagation from seed sown immediately upon ripening. Propagation can also be achieved by cuttings or layering.
* photo of unknown internet source
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A very ornamental bushy, pyramidal deciduous tree reaching around 33 feet, that is native to moist shady forests of central China where it is endangered. It is a relative of the Acer - Maples. Some records include: largest on record - 53 x 44 feet with a trunk diameter of 1.5 foot. It has been found in fossilized form in Washington State where it occured long ago before getting wiped out in the last Ice Age.
The handsome large, feathery, pinnate leaves, up to 24 inches in length, are composed of up to 17 leaflets, up to 5 x 2 inches.
The pale green with white stamen flowers are borne in clusters, up to 12 inches in length.
They are followed by showy large bundles of bright green winged fruits that eventually turn deep red. The fruits resemble that of Elms more than of Maples which they are related to.
Hardy zones 5 to 9 in full sun preferring deep, moist, fertile, well drained soil. Prefers to be sheltered from excessive wind. It thrives in England and likely would in the eastern U.S. as well. Few pests or diseases bother this plant other than root rot which may occur on stressed plants ( potential of prevention with using the beneficial Trichoderma fungi )
Propagation from seed sown immediately upon ripening. Propagation can also be achieved by cuttings or layering.
* photo of unknown internet source
Fire Pits Featured as Most Popular on D I Y Network
Featured on the homepage of the D.I.Y. Networks website are fire pits designed by their experts. It is true, custom fire pits are the hottest commodity this spring when it comes to home improvement and landscape design. The latest spring landscaping trends show that fire pits are what home and business owners want.
Now as excited as I am about the D.I.Y. Network promoting fire pits on their homepage, I must admit that after viewing the expert designs, I found them to be rather common and elementary. There was nothing that stood out about their examples that made me say "Ah-ha!" we need to design something like those. Rather, I felt they were nothing more than a standard fire pit design in a backyard.
When we design our custom fire pits and outdoor living spaces, we take the entire landscape, patio, spacing and contemporary aesthetics into consideration when designing. Dont get me wrong here, I am not knockin what theyre doin, I just feel if you are a homeowner or business, you can bring this centerpiece to a higher level. For example, in this picture below, notice how the fire pit and patio stand apart from the home itself.
The brick of the house has nothing to do whatsoever with the stone used in the construction of the patio and fire pit. This creates a juxtaposition between the two where if the patio and fire pit were laid with brick, they would all tie together and create a common theme and aesthetic appeal. Here is an example of where they achieved this even though the houses siding appears to be finished with stucco.
Fire pits can act as a centerpiece and gathering place for entertaining guests or cozying up with loved ones. They serve a function, a focal point and source of warmth. Fire pits help you extend the seasons and enjoy the outdoors earlier in the spring and later in the fall. Therefore, ample seating should be taken into consideration.
Below are some examples of outdoor living spaces that include fire pits that we have designed. Notice how they act as a central fixture in the design as opposed to an obscure and isolated addition to the backyard:
Custom linear Crossfire burner with amber and black glass media for homeowner in Arizona.
Custom backyard landscape design with fire pit and recirculating waterfall feature.
Custom teardrop fire pit design with black glass media.
Matching fire pit hearth and patio with fire log kit.
Custom backyard landscape design with fire pit and recirculating waterfall feature.
For more examples, please visit our portfolio online.
So when you are ready to invest in a centerpiece for your backyard or business, please contact us and well be happy to help you with any and all of your custom fire pit questions and needs. Call today. 1-877-556-5255.
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day September 2011
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| Sedum Brilliant and Liriope in Bloom |
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| Dwarf Fountain Grass, Sedum, Blue Star Juniper and Heuchera |
The grasses are developing their wispy plumes and the Sedum Brilliant is extremely vibrant this year. Here is a combination of Hameln fountain grass, Sedum Brilliant, Blue Star Juniper and heuchera (coral bells). The coral bells thrive in the shadow of the grasses and are complemented by the blue of the juniper and pink of the sedum.
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| Sedum, Heuchera and Grasses Here is a close up of the sedum and heuchera combination. I am really enjoying it this year. |
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| Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar, Rosy Glow Barberry, Gold Mop Cypress and Buddlea Lo & Behold |
One of my newer Weeping Blue Atlas Cedars is finally sending out a leader branch that cascades gracefully over the gold mop cypress and dwarf butterfly bush. It has been a good growing season and this piece is turning into a prize specimen. I look forward to even more to enjoy as this tree matures. It is amazing how each one is so different.
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| Double Pink Knock Out Rose I cannot get enough of my new Knock Out Roses. They have been blooming all summer. Its a toss up between the red and the pink but I think pink may be my favorite! |
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| More Sedum Brilliant in Bloom with Moss Rock Accent Cant get enough of the sedum this year...so bright!!! |
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| Heuchera Citronelle Heuchera Citronelle is the newest member to my garden added just this past September. Its vibrant lime-green glow adds eye-catching color to the shadier areas of the landscape. |
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| Golden Hinkoi Cypress and Boxwood Here is a more formal section of my gardens that I just noticed while taking pictures looks especially nice in fall. I think Ill have to look some more! |
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| Perennial Garden: Grasses, Salvia, Lamb Ear, Lilies and Astilbe |
The perennial garden takes on a new look in September. Soon the colors will be turning to bright oranges and yellows.
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| Dwarf Fountain Grass Hameln Plumes The fountain grasses developed their plumes earlier this year so there has been a little more time to enjoy their interest in the garden. |
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| Sedum Brilliant Flower Up Close |
The butterflies and bumble bees just love the sedum at this time of year.
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| Heuchera Caramel Heuchera Caramel is displaying its new growth for fall. |
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| Liriope in Bloom (September) |
Liriope is at its prime at the end of August and into September displaying its bright grape-like purple blooms.
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| Sedum Brilliant I know...more sedum...but the garden fairies from "May Dreams Gardens" insisted!!! |
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| Double Red Knock Out Rose Red or pink....which one is the favorite??? |
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| Buddlea in Flower Dwarf Buddlea Lo & Behold has really proven to be one of my favorite flowering shrubs in the garden. It has flowered all throughout the summer and is still full of vibrant purple blooms going into fall. |
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| Weeping Pussy Willow Tree The Weeping Pussy Willow always presents itself to be so graceful. Its lovely branches cascade almost to the ground and its fullness supplies a home for many families of nesting birds throughout the summer. We have enjoyed watching the mother birds feeding their young. Its funny but we call this particular tree "prime real estate" for our feathered friends! |
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| Double... Double Red Knock Out Rose! This is a time of transition in the northeastern garden...a time of change and beauty. As the seasons change I look forward to all the beauty nature has to offer. |
Thank you for stopping by and please also visit our hostess Carol at May Dreams Gardens for more September blooms from gardeners around the world and join all of us in celebrating our true passion and love of gardening.
"A garden is a thing of beauty that constantly changes and can be enjoyed forever..." Happy Gardening! Happy GGBD!
Author: Lee@A Guide To Northeastern Gardening Copyright 2011. All Rights Reserved.
Coffin Cypress
Taiwania cryptomeroides
Wow what a beautiful tree!!! Why doesnt anybody plant this Taiwanese native? I really cant answer why this obviously hardy very beautiful coniferous tree isnt more widely grown in the U.S. Then again this is why I am here.!!! For the south eastern U.S. and places from Portland to Vancouver on the West Coast - it is the perfect large evergreen landscape tree. It is one of the worlds longest lived trees; is extremely beautiful and is unbothered by insects or disease
The Coffin Cypress is very fast growing ( 43 x 13 feet in 20 years reported in NC as well as similar in British Columbia, Canada ) and single year growth rates of 6.6 feet height increase and 1 inch trunk increase are known. It is almost extinct and logged out of existence in the wild - this tree is in the same family as the California Redwoods and can also grow rediculously huge!!! It can grow to 240 feet tall, 40 feet or more in canopy width, and with a MASSIVE 20 feet in trunk diameter ( up to 33 ft. across at the swollen trunk base ). The crown is conical and had graceful drooping branchlets.
The attractive reddish bark peels in strips and the cypress like foliage is bluish green.
This tree is hardy from zone 7 ( 0F ) and south and loves the hot humid summers of the southeast U.S. It prefers moist, acidic, well drained soils in a place protected from wind in full sun.
* Picture of giant old tree in Taiwan that I found on the internet
* More pics of Taiwania cryptomeroides ( Coffin or Taiwan Cedar ) planted at U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. - pics taken by myself on Febuary 2009 ( and this vigorously growing young tree will someday be that huge in a few thousand years! )
* photos taken on June 23 2013 @ U.S. National Arboretum, DC
Taiwania flousiana
An almost identical equally hardy species found in southwest China and Burma. Hardy north to zone 7. The tree in the photo below taken on February 2009 @ U.S. National Arboretum in DC is to date the only one I have seen in the U.S.
* photos taken on 4th of July 2010 @ U.S. National Arboretum, D.C.
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Wow what a beautiful tree!!! Why doesnt anybody plant this Taiwanese native? I really cant answer why this obviously hardy very beautiful coniferous tree isnt more widely grown in the U.S. Then again this is why I am here.!!! For the south eastern U.S. and places from Portland to Vancouver on the West Coast - it is the perfect large evergreen landscape tree. It is one of the worlds longest lived trees; is extremely beautiful and is unbothered by insects or disease
The Coffin Cypress is very fast growing ( 43 x 13 feet in 20 years reported in NC as well as similar in British Columbia, Canada ) and single year growth rates of 6.6 feet height increase and 1 inch trunk increase are known. It is almost extinct and logged out of existence in the wild - this tree is in the same family as the California Redwoods and can also grow rediculously huge!!! It can grow to 240 feet tall, 40 feet or more in canopy width, and with a MASSIVE 20 feet in trunk diameter ( up to 33 ft. across at the swollen trunk base ). The crown is conical and had graceful drooping branchlets.
The attractive reddish bark peels in strips and the cypress like foliage is bluish green.
This tree is hardy from zone 7 ( 0F ) and south and loves the hot humid summers of the southeast U.S. It prefers moist, acidic, well drained soils in a place protected from wind in full sun.
* Picture of giant old tree in Taiwan that I found on the internet
* More pics of Taiwania cryptomeroides ( Coffin or Taiwan Cedar ) planted at U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. - pics taken by myself on Febuary 2009 ( and this vigorously growing young tree will someday be that huge in a few thousand years! )
* photos taken on June 23 2013 @ U.S. National Arboretum, DC
Taiwania flousiana
An almost identical equally hardy species found in southwest China and Burma. Hardy north to zone 7. The tree in the photo below taken on February 2009 @ U.S. National Arboretum in DC is to date the only one I have seen in the U.S.
* photos taken on 4th of July 2010 @ U.S. National Arboretum, D.C.
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