Posts Tagged ‘spring flowering trees and shrubs’

Spring only comes once a year – Don’t Miss It!

Take the time before spring is over and the blossoms are down. Here is a list of local community gardens that we can all visit — smell the blossoms, view the kaleidoscope of color, and enjoy the beauty of spring. These gardens are free to enjoy and appreciate at any time of year, but now is THE BEST TIME. Don’t Delay.

The UW Arboretum; Allen Centennial Gardens; Olbrich Botanical Gardens; University Display Gardens (West Madison Ag Research Station); Rotary Gardens in Janesville; Anderson Japanese Garden in Rockford

ENJOY!

Chances are if you are a gardener, you may be interested in birds, or in attracting birds to your yard.

Right now, every day, there are different birds arriving in the north from their far away winter homes in Central America, South America, Mexico. Be on the look out and get your bird feeders and water baths out.

Just this weekend, a lady who lives on the outskirts of Madison told me she has heard Baltimore Orioles on her property — that’s early for Orioles to be back, but this early warm spring weather has got the birds moving early, as well as the flowers and trees budding out a bit earlier too. I put my oriole feeder out, so expecting some beautiful orange visitors soon. The hummingbirds will be in as soon as there are mosquitoes, by the end of April for sure.

Spring flowers and leaves bring out the insects, and that brings the birds to your yard. Then of course, if you would like berries for the birds in spring, winter, or fall, there are many shrubs and trees to place in your landscape that will bring in birds all year around to feed and provide you some wintertime entertainment.

Take a look around your landscape and see where you can put in some spring flowering forsythia, crabs, magnolia, dogwoods, witch hazels.

If your yard looks boring right now, there is no reason for that. With a good designer and a good landscape plan, you will have spring, summer, fall, and winter interest. Give us a call.