TREE WATCHER'S TREE FOLLOWING POST FOR AUGUST

Here are a few pictures growing in the vicinity of my Magnolia.

The tree hasn't changed at all but it looks pretty majestic with the vegetable garden in the foreground.

I am presenting here many of the other growing neighbors to this tree.

Not shown are the many large Rhododendron bushes.

Growing underneath the tree in the shade is a Hydrangea bush with blue flowers.

Below is a close up of one of the flowers. It is a Lace Leaf Hydrangea.

There is a large cherry tree to the right of the Hydranga bush. It has an interesting, tangled trunk system.

If you look closely just up from the ground you will see a large, mushroom looking growth in the center.

This growth is very hard, not like a typical mushroom. Underneath it, a small growth of leaves from another plant or tree is growing!

Then a little higher and to the right is a hole with sticky sap in it.

This is the hole with the sap. There must have been an injury or broken limb a long time ago here.

The last three pictures are of trees or bushes with berries.

I don't know what any of them are called except the first one which is an Oregon Grape bush, a native plant of the Northwest.

 

Maybe someone will know what the others are.

This tree with the bright orange berries is as tall as the house. I can't remember it's name but it is fairly common here.

One evening the sky seemed to be on fire. The sunsets around here can be pretty incredible.

This is the tree with the orange berries silhouetted against the sunset.

Lastly is a tree or bush that seems to be spread by birds when they eat the berries. It is hard to keep them under control.

Guess this makes it a very large weed! It gets much taller than a human! I would like to get rid of all of them!