Gardening Diary – February 9, 2022

 

Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood

[Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’]

Picture was taken on February 9, 2022.

Started to prune the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood that was next to the Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] which we finished pruning a couple of days ago. The pruning is essentially the removal of twigs that were no longer red.

Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood

[Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’]

Picture was taken on February 9, 2022.

Completed the pruning of this bush.

Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood

[Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’]

Picture was taken on February 9, 2022.

Started pruning the second Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood in the backyard. This Dogwood had grown quite large probably since it was surrounded by 4 raised beds that contained vegetables and were watered usually more than the non-vegetables.

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While moving the refuse from pruning to Dave’s ditch, noticed that the Diane Witch Hazel [Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Diane’] has started to flower.

Diane Witch Hazel

[Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Diane’]

Picture was taken on February 9, 2022.

Noticed that the Diane Witch Hazel had branches that were on the root stock and will need to be pruned.

Gardening Diary – February 7, 2022

 

Dappled Willow

[Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’]

Picture taken on February 7, 2022.

Finished pruning the Dappled Willow next to the right fence. Took the refuse over to Dave’s gulley.

Gardening Diary – February 1, 2022

 

Dappled Willow

[Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’]

Picture taken on February 1, 2022.

Continued to prune the Dappled Willow next to the right fence. Still some more pruning needs to be done.

Took a wagonful of refuse from the pruning over to Dave’s gulley.

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Walking by the Wintergreen Boxwoods [Buxus microphylla var. koreana ‘Wintergreen’], noticed some growth that was of different color.

Wintergreen Boxwoods

[Buxus microphylla var. koreana ‘Wintergreen’]

Picture taken on February 1, 2022.

First, thought that these were flowers but with searching on the web and looking at previous pictures, determined that this is just new growth. The only picture that we have, as of this date, of flowers on the Wintergreen Boxwoods is the following.

Wintergreen Boxwoods

[Buxus microphylla var. koreana ‘Wintergreen’].

Picture taken on May 24. 2014.

Will be watching in the coming Spring to see if can find flowers on the Wintergreen Boxwoods.

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The forecast for the rest of the week by the US National Weather Service Morristown Tennessee (from Facebook):

So, we won’t be able to finish the pruning until next week.