Today was a weeding day, and I would estimate I dug up at least a thousand tiny maple seedlings from in between the tulips and rose bushes at a client's home. I have been finding hundreds and hundreds everywhere I have been in the past two weeks. I have never seen anything like this number of trees sprouting - It is quite remarkable. I noticed that the sweet gum trees also produced a much larger than usual number of seed balls last fall that are lodged in the nooks and crannies of the flower gardens. One can only wonder why nature behaves the way it does and produces such a bounty one year and not in others. Was it the very wet weather we had last season? That would be my guess, but it is only a guess. I'd like to hear if anyone has any other interesting theories to explain this?
AuthorBarbara Eaton, M.Ed. is a Master Gardener, a garden designer and an artist. She works as a professional gardener caring for the gardens of several regular clients. She is a published author, retired educator and a fool for flowers. Archives
January 2019
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