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Dwarf Red Buckeye
It is easy to grow. Its large, drooping, dark green leaves provide plenty of interest throughout the growing season. The Red Buckeye trees starts sending out tender new leaves as early as February, up to a month before the surrounding oaks and maples show any sign of renewed life. It is known for its deep crimson flowers borne in early summer. The lush foliage also provides excellent cover for songbirds. This deciduous tree is a wonderful little tree to plant at the edge of a woodland garden, near a patio, or as the focal point at the curve of a path. It is especially pretty when underplanted with early spring wildflowers. Red buckeye’s lavish carmine flowers come early, too, and are an important source of food for hummingbirds in the months before most other plants are in flower. The Dwarf Red Buckeye tree, Aesculus pavia, is one of the first plants in the woodland to reawaken in spring. Red buckeye should be recommended to all impatient gardeners, because it brings instant gratification: It starts blooming when it is just 3 feet tall. ... more info
Black Oak The green leaves have a notably velvety underside. The thick, nearly black bark is marked with deep furrows and irregularly broken ridges. This deciduous tree has deeply furrowed bark and on mature trees is nearly black. The wood, while hard and strong is not tough. It generally is inferior to that of the Red Oak. Black Oak trees occur naturally on poor sandy or clay hillsides. It is sometimes called yellow oak, quercitron, yellowbark oak, or smoothbark oak. The characteristic inner bark is bright yellow to orange, hence the alternate common name of Yellow Oak. One of the main differences include its ability to thrive on poor and varied soils. Historically, the inner bark was important for its tannin and as a source of yellow dye. Still, it is used in much the same ways. |
