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HARDY PLANTS

Vegetative awakening 2024 for citrus and other fruits.

An early spring after a mild winter. We’ve had -5 degrees this winter, but only for two nights, and apart from that almost no frost. There’s more to come in March and everything is waking up fast and strong.

Amidst the mandarin trees, the stream has filled up and nettles abound.
The Satsuma Owari still look tired from winter.
But on April 4, new leaves are already appearing.
Pomelo Enzo are in top form.
On April 11, the leaves start to unfurl.
The Kumquat has kept its fruit this winter, the short frost has not damaged them and they are starting to turn orange. To be picked very soon.
The Citrangequats, on the other hand, have already been picked and eaten. The new flower buds are just forming (April 4).
Also on April 4, the blueberry bushes were covered with flowers.
It’s still very early for blueberries. If a late cold snap arrives, it could wreak havoc.
Schisandra has completely shed its salty leaves. No deer can reach it, everything is fenced off. Otherwise it would have been slaughtered in no time.
There are even bunches of flowers, and that too is very early (still April 4).
The cherry trees are all in full bloom. This little one already produced bunches of big cherries last year, and he’s well on the way to doing it again.

The quince flowers have yet to open fully (April 4).
Getting back to citrus fruits, here’s one that looks pretty bad with its twisted leaves. It’s an Oranger US119. In fact it’s in great shape, it’s already woken up and the leaves are weird even in summer. That’s how it is with US119, it always looks like it’s dying, even though it’s growing very well, albeit rather slowly.
It’s still April 4, and the Meyer lemon trees have put out their young reddish-brown leaves.
Another Meyer lemon tree, this one chose to make flower buds first and not a new leaf yet. Out of twenty or so trees, half started with leaves and half with flowers, or one or the other, but never both at the same time.
A Caracara orange tree still in its pot, ready to be planted.
The vegetative awakening is very intense, with new shoots everywhere.
A Navelina orange tree planted in June 2023.
It too has very vigorous new growth.
Another example of a Navelina orange tree just planted, in March 2024.
A Karna lemon tree, also awakened on April 4.
On April 2, the Goumis (Elaeagnus multiflora) are completely covered with yellow flowers, and they’re also covered with thousands of bees. As you pass underneath, the hum is so loud it’s almost scary.
By April 11, the flowers were already starting to fall and the bees had calmed down a little.
The new vine has taken well. The bare wooden sticks planted less than a month ago all have small leaves.
There’s not much in the vegetable garden yet. Just the onions, which took advantage of the winter to grow slowly.
But the seedlings sown from February onwards are almost ready for planting soon.
This year I may have gone a little overboard with the tomatoes. We’ll have to prepare a new plot to plant all this.
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