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#16 M.E.G.

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Posted 24 March 2008 - 12:22 PM

QUOTE(4thgenFolsomite @ Mar 24 2008, 11:59 AM) View Post
Are you trying to get shade or privacy or block a view? There are evergreens that don't grow that tall and lack invasive roots. Just depends on what you want. I agree on the Chinese Pistache, they're GREAT trees with good shade and beautiful fall color.


I am trying to block view and have more privacy. Don't need shade because the way the house is situated, we have backyard shade in the pm. Except at the back fence.

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Posted 24 March 2008 - 03:15 PM

The way our backyard is, the evergreens will block out all sun during the am, and then the house will block out the sun during the pm. I like sun! And I like my tomatoes to grow, which if I don't have sun except for high noon, won't work.

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QUOTE(folsom500 @ Mar 24 2008, 01:19 PM) View Post
Braford Pears smell to high heaven in the spring- Awful trees.
The Pistach is a good tree - no smell but best to buy in the fall so you can see the leaf colors as some are brilliant and others just so so ... No real mess with them either and a good root system- but set it up initially with a 3" pipe for deep watering to drive the roots down as you should with any tree. - DO NOT get Tallow as messy messy - Crepe Mertles are nice as well.

why no Evergreen ?

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Posted 24 March 2008 - 03:19 PM

We had a magnolia in one area of the backyard. Didn't do well, I think the soil was too hard on it. The serviceberry has interesting history. Both the redbud and the serviceberry I will have to investigate more.

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QUOTE(supermom @ Mar 24 2008, 12:30 PM) View Post
I like this tree: http://en.wikipedia....lia_grandiflora


or this:http://www.colostate.edu/Dept/CoopExt/4dmg/Trees/mayday.htm


or this: http://www.cebik.com...melanchier.html

I really like this tree/shrub: http://daviswiki.org/Western_Redbud

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Posted 24 March 2008 - 04:54 PM

Get one of the deciduous oaks, or some other native tree. The pear trees smell for about a month, but they are fast growing and quite full. We use them as border trees on our lot.
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Posted 24 March 2008 - 08:18 PM

Red oaks work well for this area, though you do get acorn droppings. This past year was a particularly bad year. Their roots grow deep, not shallow and the fall colors are great. They get big, too.




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