Fast growing shade tree
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Fast-Growing Shade Trees (Zone 5, Chicagoland area)
Comments (8)"Unfortunately the last batch of storms gave my monster 100+ year-old pin oak tree a beating, causing it to lean unsafely towards my neighbor's house." Are such windstorms fairly common? I'm think if you often get winds strong enough to hammer a big oak, then you should NOT get a weak wooded tree (e.g.: true Poplars like Cottonwood, or a Silver Maple). In fact, another oak of some sort (likely the red oak group) might be a good balance between size, growth rate and strength of wood. Pin oak are famous for sending limbs down too low for yards. I wonder how a Shumard oak would do in your area? Are acorns unacceptable to you? Richard....See MoreNeed suggestions on fast-growing shade trees
Comments (8)trees are dug up.. when leafless.. when they are dormant ... but i do not know the proper timing for SC .. its either late fall.. early winter.. or late winter.. lol.. that narrows it down.. also.. will you be there to keep them PROPERLY WATERED???? if not.. the timing is IMPERATIVE ... for best success ... with this tree .. you could probably have 3 foot bare root whips mailed to the location rather cheap.. and at the proper planting time ... rather than driving hundreds of miles.. digging them.. transporting them.. torturing them.. etc ... what a nightmare for something that can mysteriously appear at your front door ... see link as an e.g. good luck ken ps: do NOT buy poplars .. tulip poplar is not a poplar .. its actually: Liriodendron tulipifera though fast growing.. poplars ... are fast to disease ... and fast to dropping huge limbs.. and fast to die ... and.. fast in tree terms.. is a decade or two ... but why plant future cost or problems .... Here is a link that might be useful: not that i am rec'ing this seller .. just size to price example ......See MoreShould I steer clear of these "fast-growing" shade trees?
Comments (7)The faster trees grow, the shorter their lifespan and weaker they are (at least regarding broadleaf trees....- conifers are a law unto themselves)...but, I do have to wonder why you wanted 3 of them. The hybrid poplars (and, as I garden in a poplar plantation, I know of what I speak) have very little charm to be honest - the timber is weak and without much intrinsic interest, the canopy is negligible (so useless as a shade tree), they have no autumn colouring, take ages to leaf up and are already bare. They sucker. Eucalypts....I have rarely seen a well-grown gum without severe leaning issues.....so unless you have added in the extra space a 45degree angle will add (Like a gigantic apple cordon....without the benefits), take it out.... Paulownias....are you growing for biomass? I can see few advantages to growing this monster....but will agree that whilst it has few pluses, it certainly does not have the screaming negatives of the former pair of yahoos. I am biassed against this tree since my dimwit neighbour has planted one in her garden....which is 5metres wide, right next door to my 5m wide home garden...it is only 3 years old and is taking half of her alloted space....the chainsaw will be out the second it overgrows my wall). I don't really hang out here ever so feel free to be blunt and truthful....why, with a hundred better, nicer, more useful and appropriate trees to select, would you go for a couple of thugs. Even the rampant poplar will hang around for 80 years...so these charmless blights are going to be there, huge and visible for a lifetime. Unless the speed of their growing is your only criteria (in which case, top choices), I cannot imagine why you would impose such dullards on your landscape....See MoreHelp choosing a fast-growing shade tree...
Comments (27)After growing many types of Oaks I can tell you the fastest growing oak I have ever seen is the Sawtooth Oak. I planted a water oak, northern red oak, nuttall oak, sawtooth oak, and live oak. Of all these the sawtooth destroyed all the others. After 7-8 years it is a 40' X 40' tree (from 5-6'). My only complaint is the holding of dead leaves all winter and into the spring which does not make for a pretty fall/winter look, but the structure is outstanding. Next to that the Nuttall oak has been outstanding, and would be my choice. In the same time it is about 35' X 35', with incredible trunk caliper and structure. Those 2 would always be my go to trees for a great tree, and very fast growth. As others have said most "fast" growing tress are weak, I would go oak. Another option would be a more rare tree. I have an American Elm (Valley Forge) coming in a few days to plant. Solid fast growth, outstanding "classic" tree that are oh so rare now. This elm is highly resistant to dutch elm disease (the most resistant actually), you have to be careful what you get. I can give you contact info for the pretty much the only one I know that handles, grows, and promotes this tree if you have any interest email me... godmanstudios@gmail.com...See Moresupertyphoon
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