Evergreen Bayberry for PA (6B or 7A)
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Comments (109)BUT, that is a Florida maple, so, it will most likely give you some decent fall color. Now, maybe a "Tupelo tree" MAY give you good fall color, BUT, I do NOT know that for sure. It is Nysa Sylvatica and is zones 4-9 as far as the "Hardiness zones". It will get a very bright RED color in fall wherever it will get good fall color....See MoreWax Myrtle in zone 6 (non dwarf) in shade?
Comments (9)Thanks for the replies, I will try Bayberry, Wiki says wet soils are okay for it. The Devilwood was listed as zone 8 +, and said to grow in zone 7, and Daves garden said Kentucky in Georgetown, Lexington and Louisville, which the last 2 are zone 6 according to a map for Kentucky gardening zones, so I may try both. It is for an area that stays very damp unless we have less rain than the past 3 years. Some areas are standing water a couple inches during the growing season, or after winter precip melts or is rain. If we have less rain it may change. The area is the lower yard area. I have an area upslope for well drained lovers like Rhodies. I want my yard to be shaded with beds including some shrubs at the top and the sometimes soggy bottom, so I will need some shrubs for the soggy bottom, the years it is soggy. It may turn around and not rain much for several years here, and rain where there has been drought, but it has been soggy the last 6-7 years, at least. One area has an underground spring, so will remain moist, I think anyway. My goal is to be able to to have most of my yard shaded, except where I have veggies growing. I may be dead or old before some trees get that huge. I love the Bayberry thought. I can make potpourri with it and some evergreen Mag leaves etc....See MoreWhich Magnolia do you recommend?
Comments (21)Well, a few things. First, I think many grandifloras will give you that lush, ball shape, with branches virtually to the ground (including the cold hardier ones like Victoria or Edith Bogue). I will post a few pics tomorrow of some that have been in the ground for 4-5 years. I got them small enough so that they could fit into the car but you would be amazed at how fast they grew! Mostly purchased at either HD, L's, or local garden center, and not for a lot of $. Speaking of which many stores have great deals on trees at this time of the year, however, if you do get one now, I would hold off on planting outside until Spring. Funny you should have a pic with deer because I live with a virtual deer colony here. No, the deer WILL NOT eat the leaves but they LOVE to rut the trunks of mags (Deciduous or evergreen) because of the smooth bark. However, those you describe as ball-shaped tend not to get selected by the bucks. They select those with more easily accessible trunks! I have been temped to prune those branches that cascade down to the ground, but do not for this reason. Now, the one negative trait that they all have is that many leaves are shed normally in the Spring--around the time new growth commences. This is normal. So peak leaf litter here is May into June, not so many in July and August, and none in the Autumn when I we get buried with deciduous leaves. None also in the Winter. No winter leaf burn occurs on the Victorias or Edith Bogues (which actually first gained national prominence as a distinct strain once it got to NJ from a tree growing in Florida and yet endured a severely cold Winter killing other S. mags). I do get some minor burn on a nameless cultivar that I got and believe to be 'Green Giant' but that one grows fastest of all so the point is moot (cultivar known for rapid growth, almost no brown on the underside, and limited tolerance to extreme cold). P.S., The attached pic was from last year, and is either an Edith Bogue or Majestic Beauty (didn't think to label the cultivar). Njoasis Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreCan I Grow Loquat Trees in my Garden in Central Oklahoma zone 7a?
Comments (18)Mike, I had two 50 ft. lengths of drip hoses wound in, out and around the plants with mulch covering them - all throughout the garden in the veggie garden. The mulch was piled on 8 inches thick or thicker under and around them. I put covers over the tomatoes in late July through August. I have good well water, so no chlorine that can damage plants. Notwithstanding all that I did, when temps reached 110-120, everything just turned brown, and then blister beetles ate what was left. I had tall, dark green, beautiful corn plants with 2-3 huge ears on each plant, but upon checking them, they had few developed kernels. Total loss. I planted more than one hundred tomatoes (seven varieties), corn, beans, cantaloupe, watermelon, bell peppers, three types of hot peppers, Red bells, zucchini, and onions. Normally I get enough to can, freeze, eat fresh and sell at the Farmer's Market & Health Food stores and still have enough to donate to the Food Bank. Not last year. The only tomatoes I got were a handful from the plants I grew in large pots, but only a few. They were sure good though. Cherokee Purples were especially yummy and the Lemon Boys. I think I got about 20 tomatoes altogether. I got more than everyone else around here. Their plants kicked it in June and July. I did get some okra from the plants in the smaller, lower garden and a few pitifully small Early Girl tomatoes, and a pretty good harvest of Jalapenos in September when it cooled down a bit, but that was all. I put so much work into it and expense. But it was just too hot. It was like standing inside a furnace ever day. I lost several small trees, one large weeping willow and several Eponymous shrubs. And what the heat didn't kill, the voles did, chewing the roots off several of my roses. What a horrible year! Sorry to go on about it......See Moredavidrt28 (zone 7)
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