Day Three of Arlene's Garden.

Before I took over as head gardener (only gardener, lol) here the tree varieties consisted of Apples, a few Spruce, Cottonwoods and Poplars. The Cottonwoods were not doing well and eventually died.

The trees I have planted are English oaks, Crab-apples, Cherry, Birch, more Spruce, Camperdown Elm, European Weeping Beech, Willows, Flowering Ash, Crimean Linden, Sugar Maples, Locust, Plum and Weeping Mulberry. The oldest which is eleven years old, so they have some growing to do.

One of my favourite places is the Finch Arboretum in Spokane. When I started landscaping I had that place in mind.

This is my youngest English oak. The branches are very horizontal which I love. The leaves are a bit lighter green than they should be so I'm going to give it some extra iron.

Looking east; my five variety cherry tree in the foreground.

One of the Bluest Blue Spruces. Every evening the Quail come home to roost in the Spruce trees. We love to hear them all talking to each other before they settle down for the night.

In the foreground is an American Fringe tree, which really is a shrub. It's very late to leaf out but has lovely delicate blooms which are well worth waiting for. In the background is a Weeping Mulberry, which is also very late to leaf out.

This is English Oak is ten years old and is big and sturdy.

It, like many of my trees, has a Robin's nest in it. I love this tree!

I've been visiting the Weeping Beech at the Finch Arboretum for 33 years and love it so much I have been growing on in my garden for almost 10 years. Although it's going to many years before my descendent's will be able to have a picnic under it!

This is my Camperdown Elm. It is covered in scales every Spring and I have to blast them off with the hose.