Our native flowering trees are off to a slow start this year because of the still cold nights. I was looking at white ash flower buds the other day and found them all brown, and when touched they crumbled to dust. But from what I’ve seen the native shadbush trees (Amelanchier) don’t seem to have suffered at all. There are many trees in bloom along roadsides at the edges of forests right now. Five petals with a green sepal between each pair make this tree easy to identify. Shadbush, which is actually a small tree, is pretty enough to have been worked on by hybridizers and many cultivars are available. You can find them in use around businesses, schools and other places where more fussy species wouldn’t stand a chance. They’re another “plant it and forget it” plant that’s good for a low maintenance garden. Imagine a beautiful garden you can spend more time enjoying than working in. It is possible by researching the needs of what plants are chosen. Native plants are always better at…
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