Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Japanese Plums

Like my cherry trees, my Japanese plums really aren't very bright.  They just don't seem to learn - every year they jump the gun and put on this beautiful show as we get some warm spells...


While this picture doesn't do them justice, they're looking amazing from all the way across the yard!


And they are LOADED with blooms!


Unfortunately, night time temps are dropping to just about freezing this year.  Sure, the amazing Critical Temperatures for Frost Damage on Fruit Trees chart that I refer to every year implies they should be ok since we're not dropping too far below freezing, but I'd rather they not take the risk.


I suppose the good news is that there are still plenty of flower buds that just haven't opened yet - so maybe even if some of the already-open blooms get damaged, there's hope that the ones that aren't yet open will tough it out a little longer...


2 comments:

Sue said...

You need to get some of that Agribon fabric in the extra wide and toss it over those! They are GORGEOUS. Wishing you good luck on them coming through unscathed. It would certainly be a shame to ruin that display!

Jeph said...

We've had some seriously strong winds this week, plus the temps are really dropping. Strangely, it doesn't seem to be doing any damage to the fruit tree blossoms, the daffodils, the forsythia, etc. I realize there could be internal damage for fruiting, but so far they're all looking ok. Granted, we haven't dropped TOO low yet...so maybe that's what's saving things right now?

I wish the plum trees could be covered in flowers like this all year!