Redbud Tree Growing Near House
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Dan _Staley (5b Sunset 2B AHS 7)
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Comments (10)Gardengal48 is totally right about raised beds around trees suffocating the tree. When started this yard did not know that and killed off a Colorado spruce tree with a new raised bed around it. Science of roots should be taught in elementary school! Have many varieties of vinca here, some variegated and very pretty. Vinca spreads fast and is aggressive but easy to prune. It tends to mound over other plants. Good because survives, but needs work to manage it. Have sarcacoccas, sweet box, smell fantastic in winter; they like water and shade. They are growing fast here. Variety of ferns, also like water. Of course thuja plicata LOVES water! Pulmonaria does really well with shade and water here, will be planting more. There's a native wild ginger that also works well for shade under trees. Growing lots of miniature ivies here, non-invasive, a bit slow, easy to prune and control, including persian & algerians. They can handle water, shade, sun and dryness. Slug control is an issue with shade and water. Using a lot of slug bait (the organic stuff) and praying the possum that devoured all the slugs last year comes back....See MoreForest Pansy Redbud Tree or Eastern Redbud Tree
Comments (3)Hardiness zone-wise, the Eastern Redbud should do fine in Front Range area, but of course other things than zone come into play here in Colorado. Like tommysmom, I'm in the Denver metro area, so I am not sure this will help you... Two of our neighbors (across the street from our house) have redbuds in their yards; they are mature trees and thrive year after year with a wonderful display of flowers in the early spring. I, however, haven't had much luck with them in my yard. One that I purchased did OK for a few years but then split in half one winter and died. I have had several "volunteers" that showed up in my yard - seeds from my neighbors' trees obviously - but most of them have died, not making it through their first winter. I do have a couple of seedlings (about 3 or 4 ft high) that seem to be OK this spring - one even has about 3 flower clusters on it, lol - so perhaps my luck has changed, but I am not counting on it! It could be that the trees need some extra protection from the cold and wind during their first year or so here in Colorado, which I have not provided. Perhaps they need tree wrap, extra mulch, or.... The blooms of the Eastern Redbuds are beautiful and I really like the leaves as well, so I would love to have one that survives. karljr - if no one from Colorado Springs responds, you can always check with a reputable nursery in your area and see what they recommend. Holly...See MoreShade tree near house, recommendations
Comments (47)Caldwell, thanks for the offer. Of those I might be interested in the redbud. I have a friend who has offered me a wild redbud. I need to check and see if they were only offering one, or just saying they have redbud if I want one/some. But either way if I could get two or three I'm pretty sure I have places I would put them. I need to check back with the friend on how many are available. Thanks again....See MoreDoes anyone here grow the "Little Woody Redbud" tree?
Comments (28)We have a couple of dwarf redbuds. only been in the ground a couple years, so hard to give a full response. Of interest, locally, redbuds are nearly non existent in the area. Old timers refer to them as dead-buds, so there's something in this region, be it altitude, spring weather, winter wind, summer humidity...whatever. The spring of 2016 locally was brutal. Early warm weather followed by long lingering cool, damp, seasonally cold weather. local orchards were hard hit, certain crops locally were wiped put entirely (cherries, apricots, peaches, plums. only pears and apples had any harvest and they were down signigicantly). We have 5 redbud trres. Two recently planted dwarves, still under 3' tall, and two with trunks close to 6", ten to 12' overall size, and one weeping at about 5' tall. the larger trees and the weeper had very few flowers and took forever to leaf out...if you were impatient, you may well have yanked them. ultimately, they leafed out fine, so we'll see this coming spring. The smaller two looked happy as clams. they bloomed fully, leafed out as though there wasn't a single problem. Was this a size and protection thing? time may tell....See Moregreenthumbzdude
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6 years agoI know this is an old post too and we just had a new house built and ours is an eastern Red Bud I just found out and we think it's too close to the house and our landscaper said it will only get between 20 to 30 feet but he will move it if we want. Not sure what to do it had leaves and now it's bare. Would like Opinions on what we should do. If we are going to move it than it has to be soon and the landscaper will do it. Should we?
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Dan _Staley (5b Sunset 2B AHS 7)