Small specimen tree for front lawn !
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Comments (3)Shantung Maple Acer truncatum perhaps? Ultimately taller than 25', but it's not as common, is a nice tree, can handle some compaction, has nice fall color, and is tough. To me compaction is the biggest issue. Another possibility is one of the variegated Ginkgo's. IIRC Jade Butterfly is not delicate, but grows slowing/densely and would certainly be different. BTW, don't know how much you are looking to spend, but Princeton Sentry, and many others can be easily found mail order. toronado, Sorry to hear your Acer gresium didn't handle the summer well. Actually surprises me as ours is in full sun and has been fine during the drought and many days over 100, including 110 (equaling an all time record) one day. I also water the area weekly during the drought, but it hasn't required any more care than that to resist the excessive heat. Arktrees...See MoreTree suggestion for front yard specimen
Comments (6)I would highly recommend the paperbark maple. I have one and it's grown quite rapidly. It's only six years old and the trunk on it (it's best feature) is huge. In my area, the fall color can be disappointing because it's the very last tree (later than the oaks!) to change colors and sometimes the frosts zap it before it can change. When it does have time to change, it puts on quite the show. The leaves are a fiery scarlet. I like the leaves on it too. They are somewhat unique and very dark green in the summer. They contrast the copper-colored bark really well. It's really cool when the sun shines through the peeling bark on the tree. It looks like the whole trunk is glowing. I've been thinking about getting another one of these trees because I like the one I have so much....See MoreAccent Tree/Specimen Tree in ABQ - What does that mean?
Comments (1)A specimen tree is usually the focal point - it's usually large or makes a big impact in some way. Specimen trees are usually too large to be "street trees" - those trees planted between sidewalk and street. Some smaller trees can be treated as specimen trees if they've been trained in some way, or make some other "statement" bringing them in as the focal point of the yard. An accent tree is just that, something on the sidelines that completes the picture. They're usually smaller or are planted in the background as a screen along a fenceline. Or they "just fit" in some way to complete the overall landscape. This is all very subjective, and as the seasons change, focus can change from one part of the landscape to another. My fruit trees are mainly accent trees, but in early spring when they're in full bloom they become the focal point. The "real" specimen tree in the yard is a very large elm tree, which shades much of the yard. You wouldn't want two very large trees planted too close to each other - when they get big, their branches intermingle and they don't hold their shape, since they're bumping into each other. Speicmen trees are usually planted singly so they don't compete with others in the landscape. For example, I have new catalpa tree, but it can't go in the backyard with the elm tree, becuase it would just look bad to have two huge trees competing for my smallish backyard, so it has to go "front-and-center" in the front yard where I currently don't have a specimen of any kind growing. It will also "balance" my front and back yards, each having a large specimen. Hope that helps - again, it's pretty subjective, but "specimen" usually means big or large or fancy/eye-catching, and "accent" means medium to small or background....See MoreIdeas for a smaller upright front yard specimen tree zone 5
Comments (14)conifers are trees.. and frankly .... never stop growing in your lifetime ... aka.. tree time ... nothing is going to stop at 8 or 9 feet ... thats not how trees work ... at best.. you could find some shrubs pruned into tree shape.. that might fit.. but we arent talking about those here ... z5 is half the US... how about big city name ... i would go with a weeping conifer... maybe a larch.. train it to your magical height.. and then let is weep down .. where you can prune it to take whatever space you wish to allow it ... the skirt.. the part on the ground.. usually ends up the coolest part ... july and august are not tree planting time in the midwest ... nothing will trigger a week of 100 degrees.. like planting a tree ... lol ... see section one at this link: https://sites.google.com/site/tnarboretum/Home/planting-a-tree-or-shrub that does not mean you cant tag or take delivery now.. and hold the plant until the proper planting time https://duckduckgo.com/?q=weeping+larix&t=ffab&iax=images&ia=images ken take a look at some of these.. and see if they strike your fancy ... understanding ... these can be pruned.. and most of these pix probably arent ... and btw.. they are deciduous in winter ... even cooler looking than when green https://duckduckgo.com/?q=weeping+larix&t=ffab&iax=images&ia=images...See Morejofus, ( Englewood, Fl zone 10a )
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