Here are a few pictures from the excursion to Highland Park that Erin and I made a couple of weeks ago. Both of us were quite taken by the trees with interestingly different bark. Never mind leaves, flowers, and such. So the here are pictures of some of the trees that I intend to plant as soon as I settle down and manage to get my hands on some land that will stay in my possession for a good while.
Gold Birch (Betula ermanii). This is not your standard birch, though it looks quite similar. Notice the gold shading even on the main stems.
The Paperbark Maples (Acer griseum) were also really lovely.
The most amazing bark was on the Amur Cherry (Prunus maackii). Not only did the bark look like burnished copper, it felt like it, too.
Perhaps I’ll post some more pictures soon. Some of them might even be of something other than bark.
Alan Schmierer