I started googling these items, but honestly, trying to match a picture with another picture, viewing hundreds that look the same....ugh. Too tough. So, as I run across these many things around here, I'll post them on a small blog post, for you, my trusty friends, to tell me what it is! It's called.... Whazziss?
The Purple Tree
This one has been driving me crazy for months. It's a tree right out front.
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| What the tree looks like today, in June |
...... Sadly I didn't get a picture of those beautiful purple leaves.
I really wish i had. Next year I will!
Once the leaves had fully developed, it started budding little purple flowers. Once the flowers started blooming, the leaves turned green. It only took a couple days for the leaves to go from purple to green. It was amazing!
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This is the only tree like this on the property.
Someone obviously planted this tree where it is.
There were so many buds & flowers, the tree looked pink.
The flowers bloomed for about a month. It really was beautiful.
After the month of flowers, they started to die off.
The bees LOVED this tree. You couldn't walk near the tree without hearing the 'hummmmm' of the hundreds of bees.
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Now, the tree has small purple-ish red berries developing from the died off flowers.
Now, after doing research, I'm guessing that it's a crab-apple. I'd love a crab-apple tree. I've read that it wakes a great preserve/jam. However, I don't want to make a food from berries off a tree without knowing for sure what it is, ya know?!
Can anyone tell me from experience what this purple tree is?
Im leaning towards Crabapple. Let us know when the fruit rippen!! (O:
ReplyDeleteWe went through a really bad drought this year, and they started to die before they ever really ripened. :-( Maybe we'll see next year!
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