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About me: Nuclear engineer and tree forum skulker!! Just getting into learning about and planting trees. Prefer to be thought of as "walking death" to poison ivy, my ancient foe. Primarily interested in native trees and shrubs, particularly native forest trees. Still ask dumb questions, but hopefully I'm getting better.

My zone is: z7a Richland WA
GardenWeb Member: 2004-03-29
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Commented: Would you ever grow a callery pear? No, but I would laugh heartily when it split itself in half during the first ice storm. Sorry, I despise this shockingly overplanted, inferior, cliche trees... Plant it inside and prune it as a house...
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Commented: Which Oak? I'd steer away from Sawtooth Oak. It can be quite invasive. I'd look at one of the native red oak varieties. Pin has a nice columnar shape, but the lower branches point down (which can be annoying fo...
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Commented: Ailanthus roots; HELP! Ailanthus is my blood enemy - I *loathe* that tree. I spend several hundred dollars to eradicate it off my property. If I were you, I'd sneak over there and basally spray it with a triclopyr-based he...
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