Medium sized tree with red fruit
jekeesl (south-central Arkansas)
7 years ago
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Comments (7)It IS a pretty heavily fruiting specimen but two different cultivars are not required for fruiting - C. kousa will produce fruits all by itself. But cross pollination with another close by could increase fertility and result in this rather heavy crop. The fruit is edible but not very tasty.....kind of bland. Birds favor it, though :-)...See MoreSuggestions for small-to-medium size shade trees
Comments (13)Carpinus caroliniana is not a "glamor" tree, so many nurseries don't stock it. Blooms are insignificant, I don't think any have been bred for their sometimes gorgeous fall colors. They don't grow fast, and the world is into instant. Tonight I heard a program talking about trees that fall onto houses, power lines, etc. They spoke to a tree expert from NH who specifically mentioned C.caroliniana as a desirable tree to plant. And I had to love her when she mentioned avoiding fast growing trees that provide instant gratification and fall when the wind blows. She was also decidedly cool to conifers, mentioning White Pine as brittle and prone to breakage. Another point was that any tree within 15 ft of a house was too close....See MoreSmall to Medium size Deciduous Trees for Backyard
Comments (13)I went with 3 crepe myrtles from a local nursery. They fit the bill as far as lower branching (check), nice glossy foliage (check), good fall color and nice bark. They were also relatively inexpensive. The $64,000 question is will they bloom in this spot, with intermittent morning and afternoon sun. I think I'll be OK either way, although of course I'd prefer them to bloom. I looked hard to dwarf or Asian forms of Mountain Ash but couldn't find any (I went to 3 pretty big nurseries south of Seattle) that met the bill (I really wanted to stay under 2o feet of height and the most common European and American mountain ashes get larger than this). Ironically, it is evident that my crepe myrtles are somewhat water sensitive (I suspect they are potted in a potting mixture that is too dry). In the mid-Atlantic (where I used to live), they were legendary for their drought & heat tolerance. The ones I have, I suspect if they went 8 or 9 days without water, they'd be dead. They'll be planted soon. Goofy...See MoreFast growing medium sized deciduous patio shade tree for south bay, CA
Comments (13)5x7 seems awfully small. The roots of anything you plant will quickly fill that area and begin to grow into the surrounding soil, under the paving. We have a Trident maple in our yard, planted as a tiny seedling about thirteen years ago. It was selected from a collection of volunteers from a gorgeous mother tree and we hoped that the gene pool was a strong one. We crossed our fingers for a great natural infrastructure or beautiful fall color.....we got both. The seedling was about two feet tall when I transplanted it into a bark based potting medium to grow for a year before planting it in our side yard. It was about three feet tall when planted in the ground. It's now approx. 30 feet tall by 25 feet wide, with a diameter of 14 inches. (I asked my husband to go out and look.) We plant directly into hard, red Alabama clay soil with no irrigation under two to three inch layer of mixed wood mulch that we increase the radius of every year as the tree shades out more of the lawn. It does get watered during periods of serious drought, maybe a handful of times a year, at most. I live in Northern Alabama (6b-7a), with coldish winters and I consider this a pretty sunny part of the country.....certainly not gloomy. There are no visible surface roots and no driveway buckling. I asked my husband about the mature Tridents where he works and he said that there are no pesky surface roots. He's the Director of Horticulture and Landscaping at a local university in our city, so notices those kinds of things. However, all bets are off regarding behavior of any kind considering that very small planting site....See Morejekeesl (south-central Arkansas)
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