Minnesota Apples Wiped Out Tonight?
In the picture are a couple apple trees with beautiful blossoms. Given the forecast you have to wonder how they will look about mid-morning Tuesday. The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for 4:00 Tuesday morning. The forecast is for a low temperature of 33 degrees. You have to hope that maybe the clouds hang around until after sunrise tomorrow morning which can trap warmer air near ground level, or maybe the temperature stays a little warmer the in the forecast.
I have had David Bedford PhD. who is the apple breeder at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum as my guest on KDHL s Am Minnesota Program and we have talked about cold temperatures when the apple trees are blossoming. If the blossoms are killed by frost the tree will not produce apples this year. I remember a few years ago we saw a late spring frost and greatly reduced the apple crop.
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For centuries, the wild grasslands and valleys of Minnesota were dotted with a type of cactus, spiky and round, that blooms every spring.
It grows about ankle high, roughly the size of a softball, and sprouts a violet or hot pink/fuchsia flower with a golden center. It survives almost exclusively on top of granite, growing on the large stones and outcroppings that jut out of the state s scattered prairies and wetlands.
Now, arborists warn, it needs saving quickly. The threatened species has lost all but two of its largest populations in the state. Both of those surviving clusters of cactuses, unfortunately, are in active granite quarries, said David Remucal, curator of endangered plants for the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
Grow with KARE: Trees for small spaces
Bobby and Laura have some picks for trees that fit under power lines along boulevards and in the smallest of gardens. Author: Laura Betker, Bobby Jensen Published: 7:36 PM CDT April 30, 2021 Updated: 7:36 PM CDT April 30, 2021
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn Sometimes it’s not possible to plant big beautiful trees like oaks, maples and pines. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a tree for your small space!
Here’s Bobby and Laura’s list of great trees for small spaces. These require minimal to no pruning for boulevards, under power lines or within a small garden space.
Minneapolis grower is building a community through rescue plants Minneapolis nursery worker is building community through rescue plants.
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If Jazmyne LeBeau has her way, rescue plants will also become a point of pride. None of these will wind up in the dump, said LeBeau, 24, gesturing to tray after tray of vegetable seedlings, tiny plugs of herbs and flowering annuals placed on portable tables and available, free, for the taking.
This is the second spring that LeBeau has found homes for thousands of orphaned baby plants. She s forged connections with local nurseries and greenhouses to pick up the excess and imperfect live bounty that they would otherwise turn into compost. With the help and car trunks of her mother and her partner, she rounds up the plants, then sets them out for Saturday spring giveaways, which she calls The Plant Corner.