good trees for wet area of yard
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Good Tree for small yard?
Comments (27)Not much interesting if you want small. Au contraire!! 'Small' trees are those typically considered to be 30' or less in height at maturity. And there are a good many to choose from: Acer ginnala - Amur maple Acer campstre - Hedge maple Acer griseum - paperbark maple Acer palmatum, japonicum, shirisawanum - Japanese (NOT Jap!) or Asian maples Aesculus pavia - Red buckeye Amelanchier - serviceberry Cercis - Redbud Chionanthus - Fringe tree Cornus kousa, mas or florida - Dogwoods Crataegus - hawthorn Halesia carolina - Carolina silverbell Koelreuteria paniculata - Golden Rain tree Laburnum - Golden Chain tree Lagerstroemia - Crape myrtle Various magnolia species Malus sp. - Flowering crabapples Oxydendrum - Sourwood Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula' - weeping willowleaf pear various ornamental cherries and plums. Styrax japonica - Japanese snowbell Plus, this doesn't take into consideration any of the dwarf forms of larger growing trees, like the Ginkgo, or dwarf conifers. And the list is often larger in different areas, depending on native species present specific growing conditions or invasiveness issues....See MoreTree For Wet Back Yard
Comments (12)The overall problem is that there is so much water running through our yard during a hard rain. We are at the bottom of a slope that extends up about 4 other yards. The water runs across and then settles a bit after the rain is finished. Living in Arkansas, we have our fair share of torrential downpours. I could get a load of fill dirt and create a slope starting from my back deck but I have seen the amount of water than runs down. Our yard turns into a river of sorts. After a few days the standing water is gone and we are left with a very soggy yard. I was hoping that a tree would help soak some of it up....See MoreOpinions on good street trees? Bay Area
Comments (19)An update for my street trees situation! I decided on the Chinese fringe tree, and had a site visit from the city of San Jose..... And they said I can plant three small canopy trees like this, but also, I have to redo my cement driveway approach, grind three parts of sidewalk, and replace 48 square feet of sidewalk, by march- or I get a bill from the city for $1500. Also they are fining the neighbors in both sides for planting without a permit, non approved trees- one has to take out a mature hedge, the other has to take out some cherries. Both have to fix their sidewalks and driveways and replace the trees also. I guess that's what I get for going the legal route ! Next time I will just ask for forgiveness rather than permission. There goes my kids piano lessons for the rest of the year, into the flipping sidewalk that was here when we bought the place and passed a stringent FHA inspection. Thanks city of San Jose!'...See MoreTrees for wet areas?
Comments (10)I have illicium (anise) in my rain garden and the deer munched it all winter. It is on the deer-resistant list and they had never bothered the other 3 next to my house, so I thought it would be safe out in my rain garden. It isn't dead, but all the leaves were eaten. It should come back. I also have 9 itea 'Little Henry' in my rain garden and they are great little shrubs. This is the first spring (planted last fall when they were brilliant red) and I'm looking forward to the blooms....See Morewhaas_5a
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