This section is always the first to turn in autumn. In early summer, they produce fragrant, lace-cap, flat-topped, white flower heads.Īnd in fall, the leaves turn a pretty yellow.Īlong one side of my carriage road across from the long pergola is a stand of bald cypress trees, Taxodium distichum. These large plants sometimes reach 50 feet tall or more at maturity. These plants are true climbers, using the suckers on their branches to climb. I like to plant climbing hydrangea at the base of some of the large trees. This deciduous conifer will drop all these showy needles just as winter approaches. It is commonly called tamarack, eastern larch, American larch or hackmatack.
This is a beautiful American larch, Larix laricina, standing out in the pinetum with its stunning autumn gold color. I love Stewartia trees – do you know why? Here’s a hint: it’s in the name. Native to Japan, this tree is known not only for its brilliant shades of orange that emerge in fall, but also for its interesting exfoliating bark and delicate blooms. This is a mature Japanese Stewartia, Stewartia pseudocamellia, just outside my Summer House garden. This is always a popular viewpoint – in every season. Here is the winding road leading to my hayfields and woodlands. This young pin oak tree is one of 104 in a newly planted allee along the carriage road just past my Christmas tree field heading toward what I call my Contemporary House. These trees have done so well here on my farm. Soon, all the leaves will be a gorgeous russet brown. My pin oaks, Quercus palustris, are some of the last to completely change. I can’t wait until these smaller specimens turn bright red. I planted so many Japanese maples here – hundreds of cultivars with countless forms, leaf types, and sizes. I love how the smaller Japanese maples look under the canopy of taller trees. Here is some of the color in the Japanese Maple Woodland. At my farm I planted many different types of trees in hopes that they would shade, provide climate control, and change color at different times, in different ways.
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