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True Blue Farmgirl
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Sheila
Virginia
USA
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 Posted - Apr 04 2007 : 4:43:19 PM
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In Va. we have a tree that is lavender. It is about the size of a dogwood tree.
Can anyone please tell me the name of this tree
It grows wild in the woods here too.
I would like to have some of those where we are starting our retirement home on our farm.
I am planning on having some lavender ( lilac) azzale buhes
Thanks Pinkroses. |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 04 2007 : 6:23:31 PM
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Redbud Tree? They're all over Kentucky this time of year, growing along the roadside, in clumps of cedars, etc..they're not really "red" but more like a magenta...
Maybe that's it.
"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." Margaret Atwood
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2 Red Barns
Farmgirl in Training
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Jamie
Bay City
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Apr 04 2007 : 6:40:34 PM
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| My first thought also was a redbud tree...does it bud completely out and then get leaves? Then it would be redbud...I love those trees. Jamie |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Apr 04 2007 : 7:47:15 PM
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I have the redbud in my courtyard,they are beautiful small trees, they lose all leaves in the winter then start flowering out small flowers all over that look like miniature orchids, then they get heart shaped leaves.
is this what you are thinking of?
http://www.parablog.com/phlog/Nature/redbud04.jpg
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Vintage Redhead
True Blue Farmgirl
233 Posts
Kaylyn
Saint Charles
IL
USA
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Posted - Apr 05 2007 : 12:36:11 PM
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A couple of different thoughts came to mind in addition to those already mentioned:
~ Lilacs (there are *tons* of different varieties)
~ Rose of Sharon (which is actually a Hibiscus)
~ Spirea
~ Butterfly Bush
~ Rhododendrons (some varieties)
~ Crabapple (a mutant - somewhere between the standard pink or white)
Good luck finding out what it is! ~ K
~ Kaylyn ~ (Living in Suburbia with a FARMGIRL Heart!)
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
2350 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Apr 05 2007 : 2:24:42 PM
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My grandmother called them "redbud"
But, they are lilac.
Hum, I'll have to do some more looking it looks like ha
Tanks pinkroses |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Apr 05 2007 : 4:14:30 PM
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It does sound like an Eastern Redbud. The blossoms on the tree are a purple-y pink color and sort of old-fashioned looking. (If you know what I mean!) We have them all over Georgia. They are such a beautiful tree.
Karin
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