Two months of seemingly endless rain, oft coupled amongst high winds, receive got taken their toll. If tree debris is the worst yous receive got inwards your garden, count yourself lucky (and I would include ourselves inwards that category since the worst harm we've had was that broken palo verde branch I blogged nearly here).
All over town, trees receive got been uprooted. Some cruel only because the soil was in addition to then soft that it could no longer comprise their weight. Others were "helped" past times gusts that locally exceeded threescore miles an hour. And there's no halt inwards sight. Rain is inwards the forecast every twenty-four hours this week.
When nosotros were begging for pelting finally summer, piddling did nosotros know what nosotros would get. It was naive to mean value nosotros would only receive got a "normal" wintertime amongst "normal" rainfall. Much similar politics, Mother Nature seems to receive got veered off into extremism.
On the weekend, my married adult woman in addition to I checked out the harm at the UC Davis Arboretum. Quite a chip of cleanup has already been done--often yous tin exclusively tell that a tree went downward past times the large gap it left behind. Still, at that spot was enough of recent harm equally yous volition come across below. But at that spot were also signs of spring, similar several acacia trees starting to flower. I can't hold back to come across what floral splendor all this pelting mightiness gain inwards a calendar month or two.
The get-go downed tree nosotros saw was close the Acacia Grove. It was a large one--a conifer I wasn't able to identify.
The sweetness aroma of the flowers was intoxicating.
Right close it, this hairy wattle (Acacia vestita) is starting to bloom:
Most other acacias are yet weeks away from flowering--another sign that jump is delayed this year.
H5N1 mature Wyalong wattle (Acacia cardiophylla) went downward non far from the pearl acacia yous saw above.
Miscanthus sinensis along Lake Spafford is the real embodiment of the "winter interest" e'er ascribed to ornamental grasses:
Small grove of cork oaks (Quercus suber):
Here's a unopen upwards of i of them. Usually nosotros come across them inwards the rice fields but I estimate they gain sit down inwards trees, too.
Here is a photograph of i of 3 river otters (Lontra canadensis) nosotros saw:
The Australian Collection has seen about harm too:
The official "portal" to the Arboretum is an archway sculpture made of to a greater extent than than 400 one-time shovels donated past times local gardeners:
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All over town, trees receive got been uprooted. Some cruel only because the soil was in addition to then soft that it could no longer comprise their weight. Others were "helped" past times gusts that locally exceeded threescore miles an hour. And there's no halt inwards sight. Rain is inwards the forecast every twenty-four hours this week.
When nosotros were begging for pelting finally summer, piddling did nosotros know what nosotros would get. It was naive to mean value nosotros would only receive got a "normal" wintertime amongst "normal" rainfall. Much similar politics, Mother Nature seems to receive got veered off into extremism.
On the weekend, my married adult woman in addition to I checked out the harm at the UC Davis Arboretum. Quite a chip of cleanup has already been done--often yous tin exclusively tell that a tree went downward past times the large gap it left behind. Still, at that spot was enough of recent harm equally yous volition come across below. But at that spot were also signs of spring, similar several acacia trees starting to flower. I can't hold back to come across what floral splendor all this pelting mightiness gain inwards a calendar month or two.
The get-go downed tree nosotros saw was close the Acacia Grove. It was a large one--a conifer I wasn't able to identify.
It's canopy must receive got been incredibly heavy--and thence its downfall, literally.
I dear approaching the Acacia Grove from the west, peculiarly when yous come across this beacon of yellowish through the oak trees:
This is a pearl acacia, or Queensland argent wattle (Acacia podalyriifolia), i of my favorite species.
The sweetness aroma of the flowers was intoxicating.
Right close it, this hairy wattle (Acacia vestita) is starting to bloom:
Most other acacias are yet weeks away from flowering--another sign that jump is delayed this year.
H5N1 mature Wyalong wattle (Acacia cardiophylla) went downward non far from the pearl acacia yous saw above.
I promise they volition found a replacement soon.
The novel $17 million Ann E. Pitzer Center, a state-of-the-art recital hall for the music department, has a row of newly planted clumping bamboos. They expect similar Bambusa multiplex, all green. in addition to perchance 'Golden Goddess'. This should hold out a beautiful light-green concealment against the concrete wall inwards a few years' time.
Miscanthus sinensis along Lake Spafford is the real embodiment of the "winter interest" e'er ascribed to ornamental grasses:
Small grove of cork oaks (Quercus suber):
Another tree I similar a lot, Santa Cruz Island ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus subsp. aspleniifolius). This beautiful evergreen tree grows natively on Santa Cruz Island in addition to ii other Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara. Even though it comes from a climate much to a greater extent than moderate than inland Davis, this piddling grove looks real salubrious in addition to happy.
I don't ordinarily accept photos of animals, generally because I don't receive got the correct equipment in addition to patience, but hither are ii quick choose handgrip of shots from Sunday. Do yous come across the pair of snowy egrets facing each other inwards the trees?
Here's a unopen upwards of i of them. Usually nosotros come across them inwards the rice fields but I estimate they gain sit down inwards trees, too.
Here is a photograph of i of 3 river otters (Lontra canadensis) nosotros saw:
And of course of pedagogy at that spot are ducks close the creek:
The Australian Collection has seen about harm too:
And about heavy pruning:
Check out the same grevillea dorsum inwards November:
I'm non certain yous tin prune grevilleas this hard:
More downage in addition to sawage:
Now we're at the "official" entrance to the Arboretum, the Arboretum GATEway Garden. All the plants inwards this surface area are native non only to California, but to our county (Yolo).
In the autumn of 2013, to a greater extent than than 25,000 perennials in addition to grasses were planted on what used to hold out an unloved barren strip behind the Davis Commons shopping center. They've finally come upwards into their ain in addition to expect attractive fifty-fifty inwards the winter.
The official "portal" to the Arboretum is an archway sculpture made of to a greater extent than than 400 one-time shovels donated past times local gardeners:
It's cash inwards one's chips a much photographed landmark. Kids, inwards particular, are magically drawn to the sculpture, maybe because there's in addition to then much to touch.
I'm real happy that the Arboretum is instantly seamlessly tied into the downtown core, making it slow to walk from Davis Commons (aka the Whole Foods shopping center) all the agency to the western halt of the Arboretum in addition to back, a 3.1 mile paved loop trail.
Here is a handy map of the entire UC Davis Arboretum:
