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May 11, 2007
Hackberry in Bloom
Common hackberry has been one of our better choices as trees go. We've got about ten of them, and all survived the winter. This one is in its third year with us, and went into bloom this spring, the first of the hackberries to do so. This is in spite of not only an extraordinarily cold winter, but an antelope attack last summer that bit the top off.
In contrast, we lost 50% of our apples, and all of our maples, blue spruce seedlings, green ash, and (sorry, Sue), roses. Lilacs, however, are doing fairly well now that we put in the drip system for irrigation; we only lost two out of fifteen. Our one remaining cottonwood, too, is going strong.
The weather and soil are challenging, so the success of the hackberry is welcome, even though it's not a very useful tree. Hopefully in a couple of years, it will give us shade from the summer sun.
Posted by DJSueellen at May 11, 2007 11:16 PM
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