Planting Arborvitaes near Maple trees
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Comments (2)Gfult You'll not be hurting the maples one iota. But, you may find in time, as lots of us have, Marknmt's wife notwithstanding, that in time, growing much of anything this near to large, aggressive maples will be fraught with dissappointment. Maples as a group are VERY good at dominating their location. Lots of surface roots? You bet, and wherever you dig to plant something, you will create nice, loose soil that will immediately be invaded by new maple roots. I'm not saying don't do it. Just be aware that at some point down the road, your hostas might begin to shrink instead of growing larger;^) +oM...See MoreCan I grow the Viridis Japanese maple tree near my front portch?
Comments (14)I agree with you gardengal, not to mention in my above post I errantly assume the owner will stay in the house indefinitely. I agree with the dwarf varieties. It appears to me that the yard isn't very big #1 so I doubt it is an insane amount of work. Its a huge focal point as it appears to be by the front door, about 12-14 foot long length by 8-6foot down to 0 wide, and a small grouping of lower growing Japanse Maples like a Tukeyama and Waterfall variety grouped together and trimmed once a year EVERY year would be pragmatic. My mom has a 40 year old 8 foot Tukeyama in full sun all day zone 9 FL gulf coast in an area half that size granted we have taken turns pruning it for its entire life. The Sun only reaching the front corner for one hour is a very good thing so I expect if you plant one the plants will reach up towards the sun so i would plant slightly closer to the wall than the walkway. Pad compaction could be an issue so I would be sure to amend the soil when planting. I would also be concerned about prolonged periods of drought as the bed is probably cut off from irrigation. A cheap irrigation design is to get 2 gallon food grade supermarket buckets, attach capped pvc running from the base of the base of the bucket perpendicularly, drill 1/16th in the pvc, and burry the line underneath the trees. Make sure you have a cap for mosquitoes and you can even put an ornamental pot on top or in front of to hide the bucket. Makes a great way to apply liquid fertilizer....See MoreQuestions about planting a Japanese maple near a mature red maple
Comments (6)If this is to be the permanent home for the Osakazuki, I might reconsider that siting. Osakazuki gets to be a big JM - one of the largest growing cultvars - and is really more of a specimen tree than something that could well be overshadowed by a much larger growing nearby red maple. I'd be inclined to give it a space all of its own so it can really shine. Maybe somewhere with a more evergreen backdrop so the gorgeous fall coloring Osakazuki produces will be really be highlighted....See MoreNeed suggestions for evergreen hedge near maple trees
Comments (16)you dont mention how big your property is.. nor what your options are regarding how close you need to plant ... or if you have options of planting further into your property ... when i moved to 5 acres ... the hardest lesson to learn... was that i no longer needed to plant within feet of the property line .. and i actually had to move a dozen green giant arbs 10 feet away from the line.. where they actually got more sun.. and less tree root competition ... and started to thrive... i lost 3 or 4 years of growth ... this is akin to peeps planting right on the foundation .. rather than coming out 3 to 5 feet.. to give plants with more potential to thrive a bit better .. also keep in mind.. a few strategically placed trees .. planted between the problem.. and say.. your deck .. can make the problem disappear in the distance ... another alternative.. is to do both .... so if you fail further away ... you will probably succeed further from the problem ... a pic or two of the area.. might help us.. help you ... ken ps: attempting to get instant gratification.. by planting larger plants... often fails... as compared to smaller plants... as the larger go thru greater stresses in harvesting.. moving.. planting... and take a longer time to re-establish .. and a smaller plant.. might settle in.. and in 5 or 10 years.... might outgrow the the larger ......See Moreakamainegrower
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