Ever wonder why apple blossoms are so pretty? It's because apple trees are cousins, several times removed, from roses.
Apple trees grow a lot more than just rosy fruit - they grow and house a multitude of insects, too. Tent caterpillars, tussock moths, coddling moths, woolly apple aphids - not to mention two-spotted mites - are just a few of the creatures that call an apple tree home.
Add to that the thousands of visitors that drop by every day and you start to see the amazing array of life an apple tree can lure into a garden. In this episode of The Secret World of Gardens we explore life on an apple tree from the first buds to when the last fruit falls.
The other episodes are:
1. Life In A Vegetable Garden - Many mouths to feed, and clever ways to avoid becoming a meal.
2. Nightlife - What comes out at night in the garden.
3. Honeybees - The role of honeybees in a common garden.
5. Fungi - What you see is only the tip of the iceberg.
6. Sap Sucking Hoppers - The astronauts of the garden.
7. Garden Mimics - More than meets the eye.
8. Vines - The good, the bad and the ugly side of vines.
9. Whether The Weather - How plants survive the stress of changes in the weather.
10. Weevils - They crawl, they fly, and some even swim...
11. Squirrels - What are these chipmunks and squirrels doing in the garden?
12. The Old Oak Tree - The diverse world of oaks and their residents.
13. Life In A Lawn - Paradise is a well-tended lawn.
