Down here in the southeast a lot of trees are blooming. Some trees are really easy to spot like dogwood trees, fruit trees, etc. I am curious...we have a lot of Bradford Pears, which don't really produce any fruit. Does anyone know what kind of bow wood they are? My neighborhood is full of them. The landscapers just came through pruning and limbs are stacked everywhere. Also some river birches...I think.
Also, I went by my lumber store, today and carried Tim Baker's list of good bow woods to see which they carry. They carry many of them (yippie....look out board bows...more practice) When I got down to osage on the list, they said they used to carry a lot of osage, but couldn't sell it very quickly....must have been marketing to the wrong crowd. My question is this. At the bottom of the list was sweet gum. They didn't have any, but had something called sap gum. It was really pretty. Anyone know anything about it?