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Sempervivums or Houseleeks, are succulent, rosette forming alpines. They originate in the mountain areas of Europe, central Asia and North Africa, often growing in crevices in the rocks.This one may be Sempervivum tectorum, but not certain. For one, the rosettes in my garden do not die after flowering. There are many varieties and spread quite steadily to make a lovely ground cover or accent border. This species flowers (not fully open yet) remind me of Candy Corn®.
The Loquat is a fruit tree in the subfamily Maloideae of the family Rosaceae. It is indigenous to southeastern China. It is an evergreen large shrub or small tree , with a rounded crown, short trunk and woolly new twigs. The tree can grow to 5-10 m tall.
I bought it because it is moderately fast-growing and the large, waxy, deep green leaves are quite lovely. I knew it had edible fruits but didn't really expect anything. This tree, five years from the nursery, is about 13' tall.
Loquats are unusual among fruit trees in that the flowers appear in the fall or early winter, and the fruits are ripe in late winter or early spring.The loquat is comparable to the apple in many aspects, with a high sugar, acid and pectin content. It is eaten as a fresh fruit and mixes well with other fruits in fresh fruit salads or fruit cups.
I'm not a preserver, like my great aunts in southern Oklahoma, whose canning cellar also had quite another use, but the fruits are quite tasty, if a little parsimonious. They must be skinned (easy enough) and the pit takes up about 40% of their volume.
The Loquat was introduced into Japan and became naturalized there in very early times, and has been cultivated there for over 1,000 years. It has also become naturalized in India and many other areas. Chinese immigrants are presumed to have carried the loquat to Hawaii .The name loquat derives from the Cantonese transliteration of its old classical Chinese name lo gwat, which, I guess, means lo gwat.
The Loquat was often mentioned in ancient Chinese literature, such as the 8th century poems of Li Po.
The Larch is essentially a mountain tree. It abounds on the Alps up to an altitude of 5,000 feet, and occurs on the Apennines and Carpathians, but is unknown in a wild state on the Pyrenees, or in the Spanish or Scandinavian peninsulas. It forms large woods in Russia, but is represented in Northern Asia by a variety ( Larix sibirica ), with smooth, gray bark, sometimes considered a distinct species.The genus Larix, to which the Larch ( L. europaea ) belongs, is distinguished among Firs by its deciduous foliage, and the whole joyousness of spring seems heralded and epitomized in the emerald glory of its April frondescence.
I'm not particularly familiar with The...Larch and I don't know if I would recognize it if I ran into it, but any excuse will do to insert a Python reference. And to use frondescence
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