The original tree was (what I call) a rescue tree. It was the end of the season and our local little nursery was having a close out sale. It was the last day of the sale, and I walked into the store and out the back door to the tree lot. There was a 5 gal, container with this little gem... almost hidden by weeds and grass. The sales person came out and asked if I wanted it. I debated and he said 1/2 price? He was almost giving it to me. He even carried it to the car and laid plastic under to protect the trunk. I carried it to the back yard and with just a little shovel....planted it. It snowed the next day and all winter, I thought about the little thing. Would it survive? In the spring, I checked it and lo and behold...tiny little buds were forming along the two branches. A few weeks later, it bloomed. Tiny little pink blooms. Now, it's over my head and leans out into the yard....keeping the guy with the lawn mower from mowing close to the border. I have trimmed off a few branches, but I love the natural way the branches twist and turn. It has a baby...a tiny little start of a tree was underneath and when I saw it, I scooped it up and put it in another spot. It's growing...but more slowly. I can't tell you what joy it brings me each year....from the buds, to the blooms, to the twisting branches, to the heart shaped leaves, and then the seed pods in the fall. On Arbor Day....I love to remember how this little tree came to be in my yard.
Balisha
That’s a delightful story.
ReplyDeleteOf course there’s life in trees and all plants. Life which must be preserved and nurtured and valued.
I appreciate everything in the natural world. I believe that there's a reason for everything here.....even the mosquito :) I often have rescued plants from being tossed...I can hardly kill a dandelion.
ReplyDeleteBalisha.....I love red buds very much, too. We don't see too many here but when I travel south to my brother's in MD, we love to see them in the woods along the way. My son and wife completely landscaped their new house 7 years ago with rescue plants and trees and today they are all healthy and beautiful, too. Such a nice post...I'd love to hear follow up about the baby red bud!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite spring tree also--wish I had one here. They remind me of an oriental tree the way the branches grow in twists and turns.
ReplyDeleteYour baby is precious and I know you will treat it that way! My neighbor at the lake gave me a prized cutting and my lawn service ran over it. It was so sad!
ReplyDeleteXO,
Jane
Balisha..first.. :) thank you for your comment. I giggled..and yes it was foolish but when you beautiful bedroom setis getting water soaked..one forgets ones age and limitations! I would say I will be careful next time..but..I won't.
ReplyDeleteTrees!! I LOVE them and since I have married Howard and moved here..we have planted 12 tree's. Apple, lemon, orange, peach, plum, five white birch and two Coastal Redwoods. Watching them grow and become more and more beautiful is such a great feeling. I understand exactly how you feel. :)
Love and blessings to you, Balisha
Mona