There are signs of spring! Flowers are starting to work their way out of the ground and some trees are beginning to blossom. Lovely time of year. #spring (/friends/tag/spring/) #flowers (/friends/tag/flowers/) #OrnamentalTrees (/friends/tag/ornamentaltrees/)

There are signs of spring! Flowers are starting to work their way out of the ground and some trees are beginning to blossom. Lovely time of year. #spring #flowers #OrnamentalTrees
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Shade tree (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

A shade tree is a large tree whose primary role is to provide shade in the surrounding environment due to its spreading canopy and crown, where it may give shelter from sunlight in the heat of the summer for people who seek recreational needs in urban parks and house yards, and thus, also protecting them from the sun's harmful UV rays. Some of the ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shade_tree

#ShadeTree #Trees #Habitat #Landscape #PlantEcology #OrnamentalTrees

Shade tree (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

A shade tree is a large tree whose primary role is to provide shade in the surrounding environment due to its spreading canopy and crown, where it may give shelter from sunlight in the heat of the summer for people who seek recreational needs in urban parks and house yards, and thus, also protecting them from the sun's harmful UV rays. Some of the ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shade_tree

#ShadeTree #Trees #Habitat #Landscape #PlantEcology #OrnamentalTrees

Cornus officinalis 'Kintoki' - Japanese Cornel Dogwood can be grown as a small tree or large shrub and blooms earlier than other dogwoods. In the fall it produces showy, edible fruit. Here in Zone 7B (Georgia) it needs protection from the afternoon sun.

#gardening #dogwood #CornusOfficinalisKintoki #OrnamentalTrees #Flowers #TreesOfMastodon #Nature #GardeningMastodon #Spring #GardenDesignerGeorgia #GardenDesign

#February 3, 1907
#OTD James #Michener, American #Pulitzer Prize-winning #Writer, is born.

He wrote over 40 books.

Today, you can visit the Michener Art #Museum & #Sculpture #Garden in his hometown of #Doylestown.

In #Chesapeake (1978), his character #Rosalind shared her #Garden design strategy:

"My principal #Flowers will be #Trees. Because when you #Plant trees, you're entitled to believe you'll live forever."

#Gardening #Gardener #Nature #Flowers
#Hawaii #OrnamentalTrees