How about other trees in the same height category: paperbark maple Acer griseum corkscrew willow 'twisty baby' locust Redbud.....maybe a great native choice for you!!! or slower growing trees with outstanding foliage like some beech cultivars... 'roseomarginata' or some wonderful conifers that put on unbelievable spring shows like: Pinus contorta 'taylors sunburst' 3-4 WEEKS!!!of yellow new growth. See Photo. I could go on forever... red leaf japanese maple...bloodgood, atropurpureum, emperor(supposed to be the hardiest of all, emperor I or II) the debate with crabapples will always be...ARE THE WONDERFUL FLOWERS WORTH THE TROUBLE OF THE UNATTRACTIVE DISEASE RIDDEN FOLIAGE...AND IS ANYTHING WORTH SPRAYING IN MY GARDEN TO CONTROL DISEASE?...my honest opinion, there's plenty of wonderful plants that have outstanding characteristics that NEVER need to be sprayed. Blacklab Here is a link that might be useful:

Spectaluar tree. There is also a double flower one, peony like, which is rarely mentioned. Please take note.

- Check your local library for allergy-free cookbooks. But just going through all cookbooks you'll find recipes that will work - this will become your new hobby. Vegan cookbooks will also be egg-free - check vegan recipes and web sites on-line. - Use Ener-G Egg Substitutes when an egg is called for in baked goods. There are lots of easy-to-make egg substitutes. Just Google - egg substitutes. If a recipe calls for one egg, it's usually a binder and nearly any egg substitute will generally work. - Google - Egg-free Recipes - WACKY CAKE (snack cake) - you'll find lots of versions of this cake. 1-1/2 c. flour (I use whole wheat or spelt but all-purpose will work fine.) 1 t. soda 1/2 t. salt 3 T. cocoa powder (can omit and add 1/2 t. of pumpkin pie spice for a Spice Cake) 1 T. vinegar 2 t. vanilla 5 T. butter, melted 2/3 c. honey (I use low-glycemic agave nectar.) 1/3 c. cold water Mix ingredients in an 8-inch square pan in THIS order: 1. Combine all dry ingredients and mix well. 2. Make 3 holes evenly spaced apart in dry ingredients. 3. In first hole put vinegar, in second-vanilla, and in the third-melted butter. 4. Mix honey and water and pour over the ingredients in the cake pan. 5. Mix with a dinner fork or a spatula. Make sure no dry ingredients remain in the corners. 6. Bake in a preheated 325°F oven for 30-35 minutes. - CHERRY CRUNCH CAKE 1 c. quick cooking rolled oats 1 c. flour 3/4 c. brown sugar 1/2 t. cinnamon 1/2 c. butter 1 can cherry pie filling Combine oats, flour, sugar and cinnamon in mixing bowl. Cut in butter with a fork or pastry blender until particles are fine. Spread half the oat mixture in an 8-inch square pan. cover with filling and sprinkle with remaining oat mixture. Bake in preheated 375°F oven for 40-minutes. - Marshmallow Treats - Eggless-Milkless-Butterless Cake (you'll find lots of versions of this WWII favorite) -Grainlady

Peanut butter tree in this region will be the Clerodendrum. It is a west-side item that will not survive the winters in Cashmere - even over here the coldest winters - such as the one in 1990 - kill them back. Here the main problem with the locust may be branch breakage, which can be sudden and severe on small examples. But there are numbers of it planted that have been around long enough to be more than 30 ft. high. Otherwise the common way to get moisture-loving trees to grow east of the mountains is to plant them on a heavily irrigated lawn. In addition to moist root zones specimens so located also enjoy the humidity produced by all the evaporation of water from the turf, which is very poor at shading the ground due to it being such a short layer of vegetation (when photographed from high altitudes grasslands appear as bare, brown dirt). Winter cold you can do nothing about except wrapping or enclosing each specimen in insulating materials every time it is going to be too cold for them. As with the watering issue it would be a lot easier to choose trees adapted to your existing conditions. As you can see from the native trees and shrubs growing on nearby undeveloped lands it is possible to have an assortment of woody ornamentals on a dry climate site without pouring on the water. In addition to those species native to the area there is the large pool of those coming from similar conditions elsewhere in the world to draw from. For ideas of other candidates you may like to visit and explore the Finch Arboretum in Spokane and the Yakima Area Arboretum in Yakima. Or at least look to see if either of these have online information about what trees and shrubs are in their collections or have become features there. These are conventional watered plantings made in lawns, for the most part. If you do some searching on the web there are also some publicly accessible demonstration gardens and plantings on that side of the mountains that may be of interest, including ones closer to home - in Wenatchee for instance. Another resource is the S. Searles book Garden of Joy. Used copies are offered online. This is about gardening in the inter-mountain region, shows that there is quite an assortment of decorative garden plants that are suited to planting within it. Otherwise you might like to find your Sunset Climate Zone in the Gardening section of the Sunset Publishing web site and then look at the plant descriptions there, to see what they indicate is suitable for your Zone. Or pick up a copy of the Sunset Western Garden Book. This post was edited by bboy on Thu, Dec 11, 14 at 12:58