favorite underused trees
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Didn't want to hijack the 'Underused Perennials' thread....
Comments (16)Great suggestions, I'm trying to narrow down the list. There are huge mature maples on the city way, so I have to correct my earlier statement in saying that this area receives morning sunshine...this area gets only slight afternoon sunshine, and not much indirect sunlight. I also have a bleeding heart. This will probably be the first year the roots go undisturbed as I've moved it around in prior years. Flora, great landscaping. I wish my bleeding hearts looked like that. Melissa, great suggestion. I'll consider another bleeding heart if I have the room. My ferns don't look as nice as yours. :( I've seen Hakonechloa in pics before and liked it, though I didn't know what it was. I'm not particularly a fan of ornamental grasses in my landscape, but I do find this one attractive, something to consider for the shade. Of the taller suggestions, I'm leaning towards goatsbeard, Persicaria polymorpha or Oakleaf Hydrangea, though I've read persicaria has a tendency to be invasive? Oakleaf hydrangea looks like it gets pretty big. I've been looking at Fothergilla Mt. Airy, but most pics that I see appear very leggy and sparse, I otherwise have no knowledge of this plant. From what I can tell, the foliage on Goatsbeard isn't actually 5 feet tall, the measurement is with the flowers, correct? Michael, I like the idea of the climbing hydrangea. I have one on the south face of my house in full sun, I am determined it will do well there. Going on three years and so far so good...too bad they take so long to establish....See MoreSF Bay Area, clay soil tree recommendation?
Comments (6)Thanks for the suggestions! blakrab: Diciduous is ok. I'm surrounded by evergreens, so it's nice to have some diversity. not sure if we have any other open space to plant more though (property is overrun by coast live oak which sprout like weeds here. Every year I pull out about 20-30 saplings, and seems like I'm making no dent in the growth density here... every few years I have to have one cut down since they start crowding eachother too much). I'll take a close look at the Texas persimmon. Is that anything like the persimmons you find sold in stores? (orange fruit)? There are few of those in the area. if so, may be there'll be enough in the area without having to plant another in our lot... hoobv: it's a pretty densely vegetated hillside property, so fire is always a concern. But never really thought bout tree-fire exposure (we're usually more concerned with shrub/grass fire). I said 15ft, but just looked at the survey map, and it seems like it's actually more like 25 ft from the house. making a terrace is an interesting idea. the tree can be taller, as long as it's the type that is conducive to shaping/height reduction management. but taller tree usually means faster growth (may be) and hard to manage? and thank you for the tree selection guide. I'll ahve to take a look at that. An arborist who just came by recommended chinese pistachio. He said around here, it doesn't get much bigger than about 25ft or so, and has great fall foliage, drought tolerant.. doesnt require too much water in the summer so won't hurt the juniper either (I called it juniper, but arborist said cypress, so... hmm). The tree sounded good until I found out that it has a potential of growing to 60ft.. i'll have to do more research on that tree....See MoreThe Underused Black Maple (Acer nigrum)
Comments (5)Oh thanks for starting this thread. On my bulletin board by the puter is a black maple leaf I stuck there because I had failed to label the specimen when I planted it and was going to see if I could identify it. It is a neat tree. The one I have is perhaps on site ten years now and has been thrifty and clean of pests. I got mine at the annual sale at an arboretum a county over, where trees not common in the trade are offered and often overlooked by an audience of people grabbing up species they recognise and could have gotten in a box store....See MoreFlowering Apricot - an underused tree for Texas garden?
Comments (2)No idea but that's usually what the problem is if you don't see the plant. You can get tons of info on the cold hardiness but on heat? Ha! And then someone from Michigan or one of the other frozen northland states will chime in that it's hot there and the plant does fine. Yea, for the 4 days of heat in Michigan. Tally HO!...See Morehairmetal4ever
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