The Hub Community Garden

04/27/2025

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04/25/2025

04/24/2025

Gray dogwood is a very adaptable, native shrub that is excellent for naturalizing, especially in difficult sites, such as pond and stream banks. Creamy white clusters of flowers in May are followed by white berries in late summer that are quickly eaten by birds.
This deciduous plant can be pruned to be a shrub or a tree. It can be grown in all types of lighting from full sun to full shade. The Gray Dogwood is hardy from zones 3 to zone 8. It's adaptable being able to grow in both wet or dry alkaline soil.

04/24/2025

Bur Oak
This tree is native to the Midwest, and is a great choice as a shade tree. Its huge trunk has gray to brown furrowed bark and its dark green leaves turn yellow-brown in fall. It produces large acorns with fringed caps - which is where it gets its name. The Bur Oak can grow as wide as it is tall. It can tolerate drought as well as flooding. Slow Growth rate. Deciduous. This tree transplants well.
Mature height 70 - 90’
Mature width 70 - 90’
Light exposure full sun
Hardiness Zones 3 - 8
Soil Alkaline soil, Dry soil, Moist, well-drained soil

04/24/2025

Northern White Cedar
Also known as the American Arborvitae or ‘tree of life’, the Northern White Cedar is a slow growing tree that is native to Indiana and the MidWest. It has heavy, dense foliage. The leaves are light-green and needle-like. They are arranged to make the small branches flat. The cones are yellowish-brown and oblong. The bark is thin and gray to almost reddish and separates into long strips. When mature, it appears narrow and pyramidal. Its roots are shallow and are sometimes visible above the surface of the ground.
Mature height: 40-70’’ tall
Mature width 15-20’ wide
Light exposure: prefers full sun
Hardiness Zones 3-7
Soil needs: moist but well-drained soil

04/24/2025

The Norway Spruce
The Norway Spruce is a large, fast growing, pyramidal evergreen tree with long, cylinder-looking cones with dark green leaves with dense branching patterns. It likes full sun or shade. It transplants well. The Norway Spruce has small, pink flowers. Because of its mature size it is not suggested for small yards.
Mature height 40-80’ tall
Mature width 25-30’’ wide
Light exposure: prefers sun to shade
Hardiness Zones 3-7
Soil needs: tolerant of both acidic and alkaline soil. Does not like wet soi

04/24/2025

The American Plum
American plum is a small, moderate-growing, deciduous tree. It is native to Indiana and midwest. It’s often planted along fence rows, open fields, and roadsides. Tiny white flowers open before the leaves emerge in spring. Plums appear in late summer and are yellow but turn red when mature. The bark is dark with prominent corky ridges.
Mature height: 15 - 25’ tall
Mature width: 15 -25’ wide
Light exposure: can tolerate full sun to shade
Hardiness Zone: 3-7
Soil needs: likes moist, alkaline soil

04/24/2025

Chinkapin Oak
The Chinkapin oak is a deciduous tree in the White Oak group. It is native to Indiana and Central North America. It produces sweet, edible acorns. Its yellow-green leaves are lobed and have coarse, curved ‘teeth’ with the underside appearing pale gray with visible veins. The acorns are smaller than most other oaks and are sweet; however, it can take up to 25 years to bear its first crop of acorns. The Chinkapin is a medium sized tree. The bark is ashy gray and thin with obvious flaking.
Mature height 50-80’ tall
Mature width 20-40’ wide
Light exposure: prefers sun to shade
Hardiness Zones 4 - 9
Soil needs: dry, limestone, rocky soil.

04/24/2025

Paw Paw Tree
The Paw Paw Tree is native to Indiana and other parts of North America. It’s a fruit tree known for its large edible fruit and large distinctive leaves. The fruit is custard-like and has been described as having a banana-mango flavor but a very short shelf life. The tree itself is small with fragrant, dark purple flowers that hang downward and can attract insects. The bark is smooth and light gray. It grows best in moist shady areas but can tolerate full sun as well.
Mature height 20-30’ tall
Mature width 15 -20’ wide
Light exposure: grows best in shade but tolerates sun as well
Hardiness Zones 4 - 9
Soil needs: acidic; well-drained

04/24/2025

ShagBark Hickory
This midwest native tree is named for its bark, which peels away in large, flat curving pieces which give it a ‘shaggy’ look. Indiana bats will make their homes in the crevices beneath the bark. Because it is a member of the Walnut family, the Shagbark Hickory produces edible nuts. In the fall it's pale green leaves turn yellowish-brown. It can tolerate most soil types. Slow growth rate. Deciduous. This tree does not transplant well.
Mature height 60 - 80’
Mature width 30 - 50’
Light exposure full sun or partial shade
Hardiness Zones 4 - 9
Soil Alkaline soil, Dry soil, Moist, well-drained soil

04/24/2025

White Oak - Select
The White Oak’s leaves have rounded lobes. Its name comes from the color of its wood rather than the color of its bark which is a lighter ashy gray with patterning which can vary from strong ridging to plating or both all on the same tree. A distinguishing feature of this tree is that a little over halfway up the trunk, the bark tends to form overlapping scales that are easily noticed. After several years, this tree produces an acorn about 1” long and takes a full year to mature. Its leaves can range from silvery pink in early spring to yellow-green later in the season and will turn red or even purple in the fall. Deciduous. These trees live for hundreds of years. Slow growth rate. Transplants well.
Mature height 80 - 100’
Mature width 50 - 90’
Light exposure full sun, partial shade or full shade
Hardiness Zones 3 - 9
Soil clay; loam; sand; acidic; occasionally wet; well-drained

02/28/2024

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10/26/2023

Sunrise over The Hub.

06/16/2023

Changing some things up here at The Hub Community Garden and I have some Day Lillie’s that need new homes. Free for the taking. 101 N High street, uptown in Muncie.