I’m in love, I’m in love, I’m in love!
We are gardeners, we fall in love, we fall out of love, and yes, we long for certain plants.
Sometimes it’s a unrequited love, a love that spans decades, until finally one fateful day, the two of you meet in a crowed nursery/airport,...
Wait, that’s Casablanca isn’t it? I’ve never seen it, but that’s my version of what it’s like to have a love of a plant and so rarely meet up with a good looking specimen. That’s specimen, as in a really beautifully shaped plant, not anything else.
This IS a family friendly blog you know. NO hanky panky going on here!
I must admit to being in love with more then one tree, at a time. Shameful of me, yes I know, but I am a gardener. We have big hearts.
I am in love with Cercis canadensis Redbud. Forest Pansy. And I have always been in love with this tree. But I have never been able to justify the cost of one, nor have I seen one suitably sized for container growing.
But for the last few years, my heart has also longed for another.
Yes, Cerscis canadensis covey “lavender twist.”
And OH MY, am I smitten, head over heels, dizzy, and breathless, in love.
These photos are of the only tree I have ever encountered in bloom. EVER!
I am sure they are out there, I have just never, ever seen them for sale.
Do you understand how I feel about this? Deep, unrequited love. It’s a love that might be forbidden, imagine the extreme hot, and cold climate of the Okanagan, and a tree that needs lots of water. It’s just not meant to be.
The best thing about this particular tree at the nursery? It didn’t have a price tag. I can dream big dreams, and fall in love with it, all because it doesn’t have a price tag.
Thank you nursery worker for forgetting to price this tree, and not popping my bubble.
It would be perfect, life would be perfect, if only..
Jen
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With even more lush-ious flowers for you to look at.
Is this going to be another container tree that grows bigger than your home and patio?
ReplyDeleteSounds like the old "I'll feed him and walk him and clean up after him every day" situations.
(this is me trying to talk you down off the roof)
i totally get it...
ReplyDeletewhy can't plants just be free? :)
redbuds of all sorts are wonderful...
and dogwoods....and crabapples...and cherries...
and.....
ha.
Ah, what a gorgeous tree.. the blossoms are the stuff dreams are made of.
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful. The 'pink' trees here were in full bloom yesterday, for Mother's Day...my favorite! Take care ~Natalie
ReplyDeleteThey grow wild here in the South and they are lovley.
ReplyDeletePatsy
Oh Lori, I am so there already, I think that I have jumped off of the roof. Gar told me "no more trees" after the last big one that outgrew it's britches, but.....this one is soooo beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I will walk it, and clean up after it, and do everything. I promise!!!
Chasity, I agree with you completely.
Lady Fi, dreams, and hopes and wishes. I am dreaming of having one of my own.
Patsy, I am definitely moving there. I can only imagine. Seriously, growing wild? What a perfect place to live.
Jen
Oooooo, just lovely. I've never seen one before. So very pretty. I think this tree needs to go to a good home....and what better one would there be than yours?
ReplyDeleteWhat an absolutely gorgeous tree! I had the honor of driving past a nursery a month ago, in Missouri, that I had never noticed on my prior drives back and forth to Ohio. This time, I noticed it, because it was in full spring bloom next to the highway. Can you imagine how it took my breath away??? It must have been at least a 2 mile stretch, I kid you not, of dogwoods, cherries, crabapples, every flowering tree you could imagine. On my way back, the same trees were just green, done flowering... no wonder I had never noticed this nursery before!!!
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is a beautiful specimen! I can see how you'd be smitten with it. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, how I love this type of tree ... & what a better place than yours to be.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful week.
TTFN ~ Hugs, Marydon
ah yes the unrequited love of a gardener. It's a wonderful bliss to fall head over heels for a plant, but it's a short stop when that tag comes out. If only dream plants were free!
ReplyDeleteJen girl .. follow your dreams ! we only have a short time here, thus the changes happening at my garden .. I want to SEE my little Eden before I pop my clogs darn it all !
ReplyDeleteI considered the Redbud when I was trying to nail (oops) a tree to replace the dead lilac. I loved how the Redbud looked in Spring .. and your choice is so gorgeous !
If it has no price tag .. is it FREE ?? LOL
Get it girl .. life on the edge .. live happily !!
Joy : )
We are freezing our (blanks) in in Ontario lately ! JEEZ !!!
I'm afraid it would be a romance that ended in tragedy here ala Romeo and Juliet or something. My adventures with borderline hardy or unusual trees usually end in empty wallets and dead things in the garden. A gal can dream, can't she?
ReplyDeleteChristine in Alaska
Jen:
ReplyDeleteSo, what news do you want first? Where to find it, or the price? We sold three of them two years ago when I worked at Lost Horizons. Big gnarled, twisted branches, some bigger than your wrist. Must have weighed in at over two hundred pounds. Price was...... ready, steady go....$475. I am sure that there are smaller ones, but most C.c 'Covey' are older and larger specimens. Planning a trip to Ontario? You may want to check the website.....www.losthorizons.ca to see if they have it listed this year.
Jen, love both of these, but not sure if they would be hardy where I am, didn't want to spend the big bucks testing them out. So I got the ordinary Cercis canadensis, it has flowered (and lived) for the past 3 years, if it keeps it up, maybe I will get adventurous!
ReplyDeleteThat is one pretty redbud I could lose my heart to too.~~Dee
ReplyDeleteThere were so many gorgeous redbuds around our neighborhood when we lived in Iowa, but they don't do as well here in Spokane, I think. Thanks for sharing your pretty pictures, and good luck getting your heart's desire someday!
ReplyDeleteRedbuds..it is too cold to grow them here..if we could grow them and I had more than one I would send you one..:)
ReplyDeleteI wish that you could have this tree, Jen. It's you!
ReplyDeletehello... hapi blogging... have a nice day! just visiting here....
ReplyDeleteHow delicate and I understand not wanting to see the price. I could not have it in any case for the frost would kill the buds. Thanks for the smiles. I love your narrative. ;>)
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