Saturday, March 8, 2014

Long Island Arboretums Majestic Trees

100 Year Old Beech Tree (Planting Fields Arboretum)
Trees certainly tell a story of time and on my journeys through various Long Island Arboretums I have come across some spectacular works of nature worth noting.  These trees range in ages up to 150 years, are virtually irreplaceable, and their beauty and stature are unsurpassed.    Enjoy the journey.

150 Year Old Beech Tree (Old Westbury Gardens)
Weeping Purple Beech (Planting Fields Arboretum)
American Redwood (Planting Fields Arboretum)
Weeping Cutleaf Japanese Maple (Old Westbury Gardens)
Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar (Planting Fields Arboretum)
 
American Beech Tree (Planting Fields Arboretum)
 
Weeping Japanese Maple Crimson Queen (Old Westbury Gardens)
Blue Atlas Cedar (Planting Fields Arboretum)
Weeping Alaskan Cedar (Old Westbury Gardens)
 
Sargents Weeping Hemlock  (Planting Fields Arboretum)
     
The oaks and the pines, and their brethren of the wood,
have seen so many suns rise and set, so many seasons come and go,
and so many generations pass into silence,
that we may well wonder what "the story of the trees" would be to us
if they had tongues to tell it, or we ears fine enough to understand.
~ Author Unknown~,
quoted in Quotations for Special Occasions by Maud van Buren, 1938
 
As Always...Happy Gardening!
 
 
Author: Lee@A Guide To Northeastern Gardening, Copyright 2013. All rights reserved
 
 

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