Some suggestions on what to replace this maple tree with
Hi, so I am all throughout these forum with questions about different areas of my yard lol. But now where we are cutting this tree down this week most likely, I'd like to have a replacement tree for this area so I get it in the ground before the weather gets too hot. I live in Central MA which is considered zone 5b/6 depending on which site I check my zone in. I want something faster growing, ornamental value a must! I want seasonal interest with height around 20'-30' and a good wide spread of around 15' or so...weeping characteristics would be nice, but not a necessity. I've considered 'Prarie Fire' crabapple, weeping pink cherry, and eastern redbud... but don't want to fuss over it too much if it's a type that's susceptible to disease etc. so please give some ideas would love to know what you think...also please note I have tri colored beech trees growing outside of the fence, they've been there for around 4 years now and they seem the same exact size as they were when planted..so I need something that is going to shoot up rather quickly because I'm rather impatient and sick of having twigs for trees..I already have a flowering kousa dogwood tree...which I like, but again seems a little to slow of a grower for me. Here is the tree I'm removing and the area the new one will go...I'm on a corner lot, on a dead end Rd, with a cut through road on the other side of my house that everyone turns down, while my house being upon a slope with huge picture windows for everyone to look into as they turn up the street..so something that would provide a little screening would be nice as well
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Embothrium
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoedlincoln
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Comments (0)syed_altaf, For your replacement tree, I would look into a Japanese red maple. They are gorgeous in the spring and summer with their wine-colored leaves and have spectacular orange and yellow tones in the fall. I think the dark foliage would be a wonderful compliment to your house. They are definitely accent "landscaping" trees and stay smaller: roughly 20-25' x 20-25' making one perfect for the site in question. Now, for the rest of your landscape, I am going ahead and pushing a red-purple-pink scheme that I think might work well for you. In my accompanying sketch, you will notice a few things... 1) I have removed the roses and the pear tree. 2) I have "planted" the Japanese red maple at the corner 3) Have made some slight contour modifications for your bed areas that will both accent your house and accent your plants 4) Cleared out the area right in front of the patio that leads to your front door. With such a nice, handsome house, I think it is of paramount concern to "clean up" the front facade a bit and bring focus back to the front entry. Planting Plan -- 1 Japanese red maple -- 3 Boxwood evergreen shrubs (the rounded green mounds) -- 2(3) Red-twig dogwoods (the green squiggles by the tree, one is out of view: red-twig dogwoods are great medium sized shrubs that have bright red stems that shine in the winter snow, they also have white flowers in late spring-early summer) -- 4 Blushing Knock Out roses (really attractive pale pink, fading to white blooms: stay smaller at about 4' x 4' but can be pruned smaller--will bloom from mid-May to December) -- 1 Purpleleaf sand cherry (which is in the middle of the pink roses: the sand cherry is a beautiful plant in and of itself but also functions to distract the eye from viewing the blank space in between the two windows and gives some hierarchy to the space) -- The magenta-swirls near the red-twigs and the maple tree denotes a great area for bright-flowering, shade-friendly annuals such as impatiens or begonias. With this color scheme, I would gravitate towards a mix of whites, light pinks, and reds. -- Behind and underneath the red maple would be an exceptional place to grow some shade-loving plants like astilbe, hostas, and ferns--depending on your tastes, interests, etc. So I hope you like the ideas...hopefully they can give you some inspiration for your landscape project! Image link:...See MoreThe maple's coming DOWN ... tree replacement suggestions?
Comments (18)This was almost TWO years ago - summer '05! roflol Oh, that treehouse...DON'T GET ME GOING. neighbors have a H-U-G-E, empty yard and build the treehouse literally on top of us looking over the fence. It was in progress at that point...it now has a little deck area outside of the door that faces our yard. freeda, I would certainly think that soil, zone, etc, etc, etc plays into it all. Yes, it *is* frustrating though! There are some huge roots to the redbud right up near the trunk that I avoid planting around but other than that, when I dig to plant, I don't run into any roots. If you leave the seedlings when they drop in pleasing locatins, you'll have a nice sized tree in a couple of years! I have one that is only 2 years old and well over 6' tall!...See MoreSuggestions on tree to replace old willow
Comments (2)I love the look of weeping willows but, like so many other trees that I like the look of, I won't plant one here because I only want high-quality trees that are not going to give us trouble years down the road when we are old and gray. I'd cut the willow down and replace it with a high quality tree that will last for decades. I know you'd like something that is faster growing, but most fast-growing trees are trash trees. Fast growth gives you weak wood and weak wood breaks more easily in ice and wind storms and is more susceptible to damage from tree pests like certain types of borers and beetles. A slower growing tree will give you harder, denser wood that is less likely to give you trouble down the road. There are lots of slower-growing trees that are worth waiting for....and believe me, I understand about needing shade from the west....I'm still waiting for our 8- and 9-year-old trees that we planted west of our house to get large enough to give us real shade. (They're getting there.) Some good trees that are not extremely fast-growing but which are high quality and pretty much trouble free would include almost any oak, although my favorite oaks are Shumard Red Oaks, Sawtooth Oaks and Bur Oaks. Other trees to consider are Chinese Pistache, Kentucky Coffee Tree, Lacebark Elm and Chinese (not American) Elm. I like native pecans, but not too close to the house or drive because they can be kind of messy. Other trees that some people plant here include Golden Raintree, Sweetgum or River Birch if you have moist sandy soils, Live Oak (slow growing), and some of the maples (NOT silver maple) like Autumn Blaze Maple or Amur Maple (these aren't messy like silver maples and don't have surface root problems). Gingko is a gorgeous tree and has handled ice storms in Oklahoma very well, but it is very, very slow-growing. There's a couple of native trees that we have in our woodland and which are fairly fast growing that you might consider. They include Hackberry (very drought tolerant), Green Ash, and Winged Elm. All of them are faster-growing than oaks, but I consider them second-tier trees because their quality is lower than that of the oaks. I've linked an Oklahoma Forest Service tree list. If you want to read more about any tree on that list, just click on the name of the tree and the corresponding factsheet will pop up. One tree on the Forest Service list that I personally would not plant (they are in our woods, but I didn't plant them) near the house is the Black Walnut because the juglone in Black Walnuts prevents other plants from growing nearby. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Oklahoma Forest Service Tree List...See MoreReplacing silver maple and adding new trees
Comments (2)I guess I could. I know I absolutely hate the idea of getting rid of a mature tree that's generally in good health (for now). It gets some broken branches every year from wind damage, I'm jut really nervous that one year mother nature is just going to send it crashing down. and the God awful seed pods are horrendous to clean up, not to mention the tree roots....See More
Mens Tortuosa(5b Omaha, NE)
7 years agoEmbothrium
7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
Logan L Johnson
7 years agoNessdizzle Formally 6a, now 9b Central Florida
7 years ago
Ok so I'm getting rid of the maple because for one, I hate where they planted it..it's deep into the corner which I hate. And also it offers no esthetic value to me at all...I feel also it is hurting a lot of my shrubs I try to plant because the only plants/shrubs that seem to struggle or die are one that are close to this tree? I had someone tell me that this type of tree will send out roots to steal water and nutrients from nearby plantings...I only knew this because I had asked a couple years ago why it seemed all my plantings from around that site seemed to never thrive, and that's when they informed me it was likely the tree. SOOOO lol the tree is going. I went to a local nursery and saw a bunch of trees but really fell in love with this Japanese crabapple tree..idk why it just kept catching my eye...along with a redbud tree they have..I will post the pics here...also let me give a shot of the area from inside my house looking out, keep in mind I have tri colored beech trees outside of the fence right in front of the blue house. Also a service berry tree right in front herethis is the crab apple I saw at nursery today and fell in love with..it's a Japanese floribundas crab, I like the look of the darker bark with the contrasting leaves and flower buds..I also like the way it branches out.
Now this is the redbud tree they had I think it was 'Royal Pansy' or something like that? I'm hoping it doesn't mean royal PIA! Lol but I liked the form of it..it had no leaves or flowers to speak of so hard to tell what it looks like out of dormancy
Then I saw a weeping cherry that was a double bloom variety that seemed nice as well
and then this crab which was call royal raindrops
Logan L Johnson
7 years agoedlincoln
7 years agoNessdizzle Formally 6a, now 9b Central Florida
7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
Mens Tortuosa(5b Omaha, NE)