'Fire Dragon' shantung maple
lou_spicewood_tx
16 years ago
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Comments (17)Laugh - When I saw the Skinny Dragon from ltruett I thought, 'Man, that's a lot like Lou's trees'. My "regular" Shantungs have been "meh" and didn't like the really hot days. The "Fire Dragon" didn't miss a beat. That Skinny Looks great. Metro Maples is on my drive by list if I get up that way - wish I could mail order small ones. - Hair - Truthfully, I have no idea which would survive on their own. Some of the eastern oaks I have my doubts although I did opt for more drought tolerant ones when I could. I suspect the Mexican and Cali/SW oaks would do fine given how little precip they see naturally. pH tolerance is also an unknown. The drip lines are connected to my 'tree zone' that also provides water to many of my larger landscape trees. I've backed down on the waterings this spring from last (many new 30g landscape trees went that previous fall so they need help the first summer or 3) Lacey, Bigelow, Texas Red and Live all grown naturally in the surrounding woods and it's DRY with little soil. Except for the maples, I tried to get as drought and heat tolerant as I could (caddo fits in here as well) back off on water for the oaks to see how they do. Most pics are with a Nikon D7000. Some are iPhone when I don't bring out the big gun... Couple more shots today (iPhone) Q. organensis Compton Oak Acer buergerianum More growth on Loquat Leaf Oak Mexican Blue Oak Turbinella Oak Chisos Red Oak Meléndrez Oak - I need to get more info on this one. Seems to be an evergreen version of the Chiso Red or something like that. ShuWillow Oak - Q. x moultonensis This post was edited by mattm01 on Wed, Apr 2, 14 at 0:38...See Morefire dragon shantung maple this spring
Comments (1)I need one of those. I guess a trip to Metro Maples will happen this fall....See Morebringing some Fire Dragons to OH from TX
Comments (13)yes you are ... heavy ball upfront.. so when you emergency brake.. the ball hits the front ... have them tie them up ... and just lay them down.. and no two wheeling ont eh way home .... you can not stop for a 4 hour martini break.. and cook them in a closed truck ... stop where you can leave the doors open ... or in a shaded spot ... consider NOT planting them until fall ... either placing the pots in shade.. or planting pot and all until proper planting time ... if your soil allows proper drainage of the pot .... your real downside here.. is basically no warranty ... unless you will drive back ... call you nearest upscale nursery.. and find out if they will be getting a shipment for fall .. or will order some in for next spring .... EVERYTHING is available this way... and you dont have to rent a truck ... drive.. and have someone local for a warranty ... actually.. its not as uncommon as you might think ... plant collectors do it all the time ... there is no reason.. not to lay them down ... get over that part .... and buy as small as you can ... really.. anything over 8 feet.. is going to be a dice throw .. even if local ... which means you will need nothing more than a van.. or a very small uhaul trailer .... and do not buy a pot.. bigger than you can handle.. i dont really care if they sell 50 gal pots ... thats too big a tree for transplant ... let alone travel .... only once in my life.. did i have a plant loaded into the truck.. that i could not get out .. it didnt end up.. a pretty story ... lol ... if you cant hoik it into the truck.. then you cant get it out.. so dont buy it .... [those freaking young studs who loaded it.. didnt come home with the tree..] .... and i bought it in OH.. and brought it to MI ..lol ... [pick up with landau top] ken...See MoreFall Color in Texas
Comments (1)Very nice. I found a rainbow tree in my neighborhood a couple of weeks ago. (It had sections of red, yellow, orange, and green on it!) Should have snapped a pic. It has been a pretty fall this year....See MorePamchesbay
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