Need Help. Finding feature tree for backyard pool.
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Tree selection for backyard - please help
Comments (3)There are two very informative threads in the FAQ section about tree seletion. You can find the FAQ from the main Arizona Gardening forum page, there is a button, top left-ish. I'll post one link below. Here is a link that might be useful: Tree Selection FAQ...See MoreSoCal help with pool backyard
Comments (8)I would help if you posted photos of the area and planters. Not so sure about Phoenix roebelenii. They do have some wicked sharp spines, so anyone backing up to one of them in their bathing suit might be in for a very painful experience. I have many of them all through my landscape, but in areas for the most part, where you would not accidentally walk or fall into one. So, better to use them maybe in the back of the planter, away from where people are walking? Society garlic stinks, and again, probably not great in an area where you're going to hang out in a pool, sitting at the edge. Miniature Bird of Paradise actually stays very nice, and when the flowers are spent, just prune them away. New flowers will emerge. Nandina, coleonema, dietes are all good choices. Also, there are some really spectacular new Coprosma hybrids out there that have just spectacular foliage colors. You can mix and match different Coprosma cultivars with their different leaf colors and really have something beautiful. Aucuba japonica cultivars (needs a fair amount of water), Cordylines, Autralian Tree ferns, Bronze Loquat, Fatsia japonica (False Aralia), Plumeria, Agapanthus, Alpinia (Ginger Lily - love these), Clivia is you have shade, Day lilies, Liriope, Phormiums (Flax), to name a few more good options that don't litter, can take the sun, water wise, have pretty or interesting foliage, and don't attract bees (so much). Also, succulents make excellent poolside companions as well. Large agaves (preferrably ones without spines) and aloes, Secencios (like Blue Chalk Fingers), Aeoniums, Kalanchoe cultivars are all good choices. Patty S. This post was edited by hoosierquilt on Tue, Nov 19, 13 at 18:27...See Moreneed help picking trees for backyard landscape. Have pictures
Comments (10)I do LOVE my red push pistache and I recommend them to many clients who want a beautiful shade tree. I do not think they are messy. Of course they go dormant so you need to be ok with no leaves in the winter. But each tree will act different depending on the temp where it is planted. I saw 2 today full of leaves! The pistache requires more water than our desert trees. The difference with the citrus is that you will want to do deep watering often in the summertime. You must be careful though and make a well around the trunk as you do not want the citrus trunk to ever get wet. You also want to fertilize the citrus and be sure to paint the trunks in the spring so they do not get burnt in the summer. I would stay away from the sissoos. Once you have them they will spread roots looking for water. If they reach grass you can bet on little babies popping up everywhere! I am an arborist and I cannot tell you how many we have removed in the past 5 years. Once removed none of the root system can have any water or sunlight or you will be sure to have babies everywhere. You definitely have room for the swan hill olive (fruitless variety) and I agree that they are super clean. They will send suckers up at the base all the time and you will want to cut these back. I really like the tipu tree also. It does get very large, has beautiful leaves and small yellow flowers. it will defoliate late winter and immediately send new leaves out again. Below is a baby and a close up of the leaves. I was really glad to see you have the trees spaced far apart. So many times trees are planted too close and end up competing for sun. I hate removing trees for this reason. Good luck!...See MoreSmall fenced in backyard with pool and concrete patio design help
Comments (5)I have not used charcoal grey or brown stains. Blues and greens do not hold up outside. Have used black and red and it was on concrete that had been surface ground with a carborundum stone grinder. The black was dark and harsh like a fresh hair dye job at first, but then faded over a year's time to a nice taupe grey, and I like it just fine. (I applied it twice and let it set overnight the 2nd time.) The red was orange rust colored and I did not care for it at all. The stains, being watery, spatter easily and stain any masonry object nearby if any gets on it. I don't know how it would stain other materials. I applied it with a broom and got fine splatter mist on nearby masonry. (It does not look horrible but I would have preferred it not happen. Slightly worse, I had areas that ran, bled and pooled into seams between pavers ... and those look like crying after an already bad mascara job.) Something that would mop it on with would probably be better. Mask off anything nearby on which you don't want stain....See Morehosenemesis
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