Favorite trees for Utah
barclajo
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Favorite 'tree' rose? Rose to climb & drape a crab apple tree
Comments (5)I have Paul's Himalayan Musk Climber on his way up a mulberry tree at the end of the driveway by the garage. He shows the ability to have this tree completely swallowed in a few years ... it's the look I'm after, fortunately. American Pillar is planted on the fence by the Rose Field, and I intend to encourage it to take over a cedar tree. I haven't been too successful, yet, because the canes keep getting blown out of the tree. This rose is WAY to vigorous for a crabapple tree, IMO. How about Gardenia? It blooms once, but it lives to climb trees. It will scale your tree and spill out the other side, with pale yellow-fading-to-white flowers in clusters. Beautiful. Some opinions of the others that have already been mentioned, since I'm in your area: Madame Alfred Carriere tends to grow straight up around here, then form an 'afro' on top. May be a possibility, but it doesn't 'hang' very well. Susan Louise probably won't survive here. I want this rose very, very badly ... but it's probably too tender. Mermaid? Way, way too vigorous once it gets going. Alberic Barbier, though once blooming, is a wonderful rose. The canes are very flexible, so it would hang nicely off a tree. It will go 15' in a season, easy. A possible deterrant ... the wichuriana ramblers make lots of basal canes, which would need to be trained up the tree every year. My AB made at least 12 new canes this year ... no lie. The multiflora ramblers may be a better choice, if you are considering once-blooming roses. Veilchenblau is my favorite of these. I don't grow it, yet, but it will stop traffic at Robert's house when it's in bloom in his holly tree. or Tausenschoen? For re-bloomers, maybe one of the hardier tea-noisettes ... Reve d'Or or Lamarque, perhaps? Photos? You asked. Alberic Barbier Leontine Gervais (another beautiful, stringy Wichuriana rambler) Paul Transon (wichuriana) Gardenia Veilchenblau That should be enough for this morning. As you can see, depending on the effect you're after, the choices are practically endless. Just avoid the really tender ones. HTH, Connie...See MoreSome pictures of perhaps my favorite tree in AZ.
Comments (11)I love this tree too. The one in Scottsdale is nothing compared to the one in Tempe in the lakes community south of Baseline and east of Rural. I talked to a guy that lives next to it, and he said that one of the original renters of this apartment complex planted it in the early 70s. It's got to be 80 feet tall. Truly looks like a tree out of the rain forest. The ones in the forest of uco at the zoo have those great aerial roots because they are constantly misted in the summer. Mine did not produce significant aerial roots until I hooked us some misters around it. Next time you go to the zoo, notice the variation between the trees. It is not just one species of Ficus. There are three distinct growth types at the zoo. The older ones in the forest of uco and the ones near the entrance have straight growing branches with spaced perfectly oval leaves. I think these are the F benghalensis. The one next to the bird cage that is north of the ocelot has longer and less oval leaves and I think it is a F lutea. Across from it, there is one with sharper and darker leaves that was recently planted. It even has a botanical sign - it is a F trichopoda (amazingly striking) The newer ones across the elephants and near the spider monkeys have more erratic growing branches and less perfect leaves. New growth swirls around and is not erect like benghalensis. This is the kind I have. IÂve been trying to figure out what kind this is for a while. It could be one of a dozen species from Africa that look very similar. They all have large leaves and easily grow aerial roots. There are also several large F palmeri (do not grow aerial roots, but sure can hug a rock) around the zoo that look similar, but these are locals from the southern sonoran desert. Tony...See MoreBrown Turkey Young Tree Survival in Utah
Comments (2)I know of a few fig trees that do well in Salt Lake. Two of the larger ones dont fruit for various reasons. I have 5 trees from 2 - 5 years that are in the ground. The brown Turkey's struggle the most with the cold (despite being said to be the best for SLC) but covered ... wrapped in cloth and covered with garbage bags of leaves when small ... worked for me. Cover as much as possible. Cover as much of the trees from the ground up .... it will sprout and give some figs within the Salt Lake season if there is just a foot or two of unkilled wood. My oldest BT was uncovered and died down to about 2 feet. I covered a new Hardy Celeste form Paradise last winter and it gave figs. A Kentucky Wonder (celeste) died to the ground, but grew like crazy this summer. We will see this winter. A supposed Black mission gives great figs and surives uncovered. It is 10 feet plus tall and 5 years old. A 4 year old Alma honey fig (from paradise) survives uncovered with no winter damage and gives great figs .... seems to be my hardiest. I have a fig of 3 years that I have not identified, but that I got from a cutting in Springdale, UT that seems very cold hardy, but grows very slowly? All the trees are sheltered and on the south of the house, or south of a wood fence. I also stop watering them as soon as they fruit so they are as dry as possible ... although this year things are wet. I dont plan on covering anything except my few new small transplants....See MoreServiceberry trees... favorites? and luck with blk walnut tree?
Comments (1)I did a search for "black walnut tree" and came up with several websites that cover what will and won't grow. One is attached below, and I'm sure that you can track down some others that will have the information you want. Here is a link that might be useful: Ohio State article on black walnut...See Moregoodwithweeds
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