Need suggestions for native trees in MO
Mary S
8 years ago
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Mo Money Tree, Mo problems: soft yellow leaves and dried up trunk
Comments (1)5 meters from a window? And watered once a week? If it hasn't been dead for a while now, it surely needs more light. Your friend should try 1 meter from the window. Also, which leaves are yellow? The very bottom leaves, or leaves throughout? Josh...See MoreNeed tree reco's for Branson, MO
Comments (5)I don't know for sure, but from the looks of your first post it sounds like you planted the tree and then didn't water it during the summer. Virtually no tree planted in Branson, MO will survive it's first summer(or even it's first 2 summers) without weekly watering, or even watering 2 or 3 times a week, especially when there's a drought. The soils down there tend to be thin, nutrient poor and dry out quickly. If you want to plant a tree and then let it go on it's own, I'd suggest you plant the tree in late September so it can grow a healthy set of roots to help it get through the next year's growing season. A tree you might try would be American Smoke Tree(Cotinus obovata). It's very drought tolerant once established. It won't grow too large and has fabulous fall colors. There are a lot of the European Smoke Tree(Cotinus coggygria) cultivars, but it's not half the tree the American one is, in my opinion. You could also try a Southern Magnolia(Magnolia grandiflora), especially the cultivar 'Little Gem' or 'Brackens Brown Beauty'. Both grow slower and smaller than typical Southern Magnolias. They're both evergreen, and have wonderfully fragrant white flowers in the summer. BBB has fabulous foliage with dark brown indumentum(felt) on the leaf undersides, while LG flowers for a very long time, even flowering late into the fall....See MoreTall Tree Suggestions Needed
Comments (12)Well, since you only asked for TALL trees, that's what you got. I would agree that if they are already there, something else might be nicer. The only reason you might want to rethink the "no conifers" idea is if the trailer is very visible when the leaves are off the trees. If you think the bare branches will do the job, OK. Another possibility, again from past memories, is a butternut. You might not be able to find one, as I am not sure if they have commercial qualities, so aren't propagated. You might find a tree and plant a few nuts. The nuts are edible, but need treatment like walnuts (same family), drying, dehusking, with attendant stains, and shelling. They are tasty, as I recall. The squirrels would appreciate them, if you didn't. Walnut is another, more easily found, possibility. I've no experience with the new elms, nor with any of the re-created/hybridized chestnuts, which might be another tree variety to think about....See MoreNeed suggestions for natives (Photo)
Comments (13)SCENIC PLANNER MAKES THE CASE AGAINST ALIENS June 11, 2009 (CHARLESTON, SC) -- If we fill our parks, lawns or scenic byways with non-native plant material, we might as well pave them over, according to planner Edwin Gardner of Heritage Strategy Group in Charleston, South Carolina. Gardner is an advocate of the concepts Douglas W. Tallamy discusses in his book 'Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants.' In a recent post to Heritage Strategy GroupÂs blog -- heritagestrategy.wordpress.com -- Gardner says he agrees with TallamyÂs central point 'that we owe it to the environment to plant only native species, which provide food for our increasingly beleaguered wildlife and avoid apocalyptic risks to the ecosystem.' What are native species? Gardner agrees with Tallamy who defines Ânative as 'having the ability to support a large number of insect and animal species.' Exotic plants brought from other countries that have been 'naturalized' here even for hundreds of years are not native, he insists, since they canÂt support native insect life. For example: 'Our North American caterpillars have not developed the ability to eat leaves of most alien plants,' Gardner says. While that may be music to the ears of nurseries and landscapers who seekout insect-resistant plant material, to the natural ecosystem chain, itÂs disastrous. 'In fact, the caterpillar is a most generous beast,' Gardner says. 'It provides food for most birds, especially during critical nesting periods, and forms the base of a food pyramid thatÂs critical to the whole ecosystem. A yard full of foreign nursery stock may look green and natural, but it might as well be paved with asphalt if youÂre a caterpillar, or an animal thatÂs looking to feed on one.' As a heritage planner, Edwin Gardner develops recreational areas and scenic byways so that growth and prosperity do not interfere with the cultural, historical and natural heritage of the effected areas. That mission drew him to Douglas TallamyÂs book. 'As we develop byway beautification plans or park management plans or anything that involves plantings in a developed area, we have a responsibility to urge that non-native species be eliminated and replaced with true native species,' he insists. Gardner cites several examples of 'environmental destruction wrought by alien organisms and invasive plants that were brought from overseas to beautify America.' To read the entire discussion, visit heritagestrategy.wordpress.com and click on ' A New Philosophy on Landscaping.' Here is a link that might be useful: Heritage Strategy Group's blog...See More
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