Japanische Flügelnuss - Japanese Wingnut

This is a revisit to my blogpost from May 17 this year.

I wrote:

"Finally the nature starts to awaken and there are so many things to be happy about, but this week it is definitely this miracle!

I bought a seedling of Pterocarya rhoifolia - Japanese wingnut - Japaninsiipipähkinä many years ago. It was about 30 cm tall and has grown up till 10 m now. This spring it has miraculously started to bloom for the first time ❤︎ The link says it likes moist soil that I cannot offer. It grows in dry sandy soil and maybe that is the reason it has not bloomed before. But I am so happy about this! It is interesting to see how the blooms / wings develop. The new leaves are very sensitive to spring frosts, hope they stay away."

Flügelnüsse / Wikipedia

EDIT / October:

I tried to find a whole ’portrait’ of this Japanese wingnut, but did not find. So I borrowed it online. My tree is not as wide, but beautiful it is. On the site they said:

Akin to the Causasian wingnut, this Japanese native was brought into cultivation in Europe in the late 1800s, though it is still relatively rare in cultivation. Boasts gorgeous yellow Autumn colour, and fantastic long racemes of winged seed in Autumn into winter. Growing into a large broad tree, it makes a beautiful specimen for a medium to large garden.

My Japanese Wingnut  grows towards the morning sun and I love how 

the light comes through its big leaves.

During the summer months it was interesting to follow how the wings developed.

They grew big and beautiful, and turned brown in the autumn.

It is very exciting to see if there are any new seedlings on the ground next summer!

#der natur-donnerstag   #mein freund der baum