Trees transition from youth (seedling), middle age and old age (maturity) before requiring a chain saw and replacing. Some age gracefully, actually appreciating in $$ value. Many ginkgo, hickory, beeches, sugar maples, and Southern magnolias live 100 years plus. Oaks such as such as white (Q. alba) and live oak (Q. virginiana) mature in majesty over several hundred years. It’s […]
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Trees That Age Gracefully
Posted by Hugh on November 21st, 2019
Posted in American Beech (F. grandifolia), American hornbeam, Atlas cedar (Cedrus), Bald cypress (Taxodium), Beech (Fagus spp.), Black gum (Nyssa), Camellia, Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus), Chamaecyparis, Deciduous, Disease prone, Disease resistant, Drought tolerant, Environmental issues, European beech (F. sylvatica), Evergreen, Flowering, Garden ecology, Heat Tolerance, Hickory (Carya spp.), Hornbeam (Carpinus), Insect (Pest) Problems, Japanese maple, Juniper, Katsura tree (Cercidophyllum), Landscape Construction, Landscape ideas, Large Shade trees, Linden (Tilia), Magnolia grandiflora, mulching, Native Plant, Nootkatensis cedar, Oaks (Quercus spp.), Paperbark maple, plant nutrition, Planting tips, Purchasing Plants, Shade tree, Soil drainage, Southern Appalachian Region, Street tree, Sycamore (Platanus), Three Flower Maple (A. triflorum), Trees & Shrubs, White oak (Quercus) 
Comments Off on Trees That Age GracefullyWeeping Landscape Trees
Posted by Hugh on December 28th, 2018
Weeping forms of willows (Salix spp.), flowering cherries (Prunus spp.), pines (Pinus spp.), spruces (Picea spp.) and European beeches (Fagus sylvatica) are magnificent landscape features. Weeping forms of evergreen and deciduous trees develop strong upright central leaders, and their outward branches cascade downward. Among conifer species there are over 150 different cultivars with pendulous habits. Here is a list of 28 weeping tree species. I […]
Posted in Atlas cedar (Cedrus), Attracting Butterflies, Bald cypress (Taxodium), Beech (Fagus spp.), Bees and other pollinators, Birch (Betula spp.), Black gum (Nyssa), Deciduous, Deciduous conifer, Deodara cedars (Cedrus), Elms (Ulmus), Evergreens, Japanese maple, Japanese Pagoda Tree (Styphnolobium), Katsura tree (Cercidophyllum), Landscape ideas, Large Shade trees, Larix kaempferi, Linden (Tilia), Nootkatensis cedar, Ornamental cherry (Prunus), Pruning, Purchasing Plants, Redbud, river birch, Serbian spruce, Silver Linden (Tilia), Small landscape tree, Spruces (Picea spp.), Styrax, Trees & Shrubs, Weeping habit Comments Off on Weeping Landscape TreesFive Evergreens For Small Garden Spaces
Posted by Hugh on December 21st, 2017
The following five evergreen shrubs are smaller versions of the larger growing species. They make a better fit in smaller urban gardens. Gyokuryu Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica ‘Gyokuryu’) is a fast-growing, broadly conical selection with coarse bluish-green evergreen foliage. The needles are highly ornamental and remain bluish-green through most of the winter in zone 6 and […]
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