She does love a sunny spot.
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I have 3 Japanese quince in my yard. They surely do grow slowly.
This ‘Scarlet Storm’ was my first Japanese quince. My first mother-in-law had one in her yard and I always admired it. When I bought this house with a big, open, empty, sunny front yard, I felt like I had a good place for a similar plant. I think it doesn’t love NC clay as much as hers loved SC soil because it has not grown as flamboyantly. But, I haven’t pruned it as agressively as my FIL did either.
‘Scarlet Storm’ This one was in a pot I bought to bonsai. When I was getting the potting soil off, I found that it was 2 plants. I put one in the ground and one in the pot. The one in the ground has been happier.
‘Pink Storm’ This is the bonsai that bloomed when I got it and has never done so again. I haven’t messed with it since potting, waiting for it to get happier in its pot. That hasn’t happened so I expect to shape it up some when it gets more consistently warm here.
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My middle nephew gave me a log he innoculated with Chicken-of-the-Woods spores when I saw him at Xmas in ’23. It has been sitting in the mulch since we got it home. I have thrown a little water on it when there were long periods of no-rain. But, other than that, just waiting.
Lookit!!
Log end 
Log top 
See how tiny 
By a plug I’m so excited!!!!!!!!!
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And wish for a taste for venison
‘Merlot’ redbud stick Above is a ‘Merlot’ redbud that I bought in June, 2021. It’s supposed to have purple, heart-shaped leaves. Deer have nibbled the new growth so often that it is no taller now than it was when I planted it. I’m not sure it isn’t dead. There are no flowers on it and the growth tips are all gone.
Lilies My lilies have barely started out of the ground and they’ve already been cropped down.
And they’ve decided to use the ginkgo in the front yard as a scratching post. I guess. Or they’re eating the bark.
Abused ginkgo Chuck ordered some deer spray that says it doesn’t wash off. So, we shouldn’t have to reapply every time it rains. I hope it works.
I am the Audience 