Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Wednesday Vignette, moss and wrinkles

I was photographing something else the day I happened to stand up and focus on this bit of moss. And as if the moss wasn't reward enough just look at that gnarly bark. Old tree wrinkles! And yet it's a tree I planted myself, just few years ago — Quercus dentata 'Pinnatifida’ (Cutleaf Emperor Oak).

Weather Diary, Jan 9: Hi 49, Low 41/ Precip .56"

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15 comments:

  1. chavlinessJanuary 10, 2018

    Love the wrinkled tree trunk. It looks more mature then just the few years in your garden. As much as I love it in the picture, I tried to eradicate this particular moss from my own garden, not very successfully I might add.

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    1. danger gardenJanuary 11, 2018

      Why on earth did you try to eradicate it?

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  2. AlisonJanuary 10, 2018

    Love this! Moss is so wonderful, you almost want to pet it!

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  3. Anna KJanuary 10, 2018

    I'm with Alison - would love to rest my weary head on that moss!

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  4. Daisy DebsJanuary 10, 2018

    So beautiful !

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  5. Peter/OutlawJanuary 10, 2018

    Sweet!

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  6. LINDA from Each Little WorldJanuary 10, 2018

    Nothing as satisfying as planting an oak. They grow faster than you think. That's a decent caliper on that trunk.

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    1. danger gardenJanuary 11, 2018

      Not this one evidently..."This is a slow growing variety, reaching 8-10' in about 10 years."

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  7. Sheila SchultzJanuary 10, 2018

    Love this visual!

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  8. www.ravenscourtgardens. comJanuary 10, 2018

    A fabulous combination!

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  9. Kris PetersonJanuary 10, 2018

    Moss like that is unknown here. It's fabulous!

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  10. Hoover BooJanuary 10, 2018

    Moss is the Tillandsia of the PNW. (Tillandsias are the moss of Guatemala?)

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  11. Evan BeanJanuary 10, 2018

    I do love our many mosses. That's something missing from the vast majority of plants in my young garden.

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