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Suburban Backyard Trees
Posted on 11/4/12 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 11/4/12 at 4:09 pm
Looking to plant a few trees in the backyard for shade/looks. Have been eyeing a fast growing softwood. However, how hard and expensive would it be to plant a semi-mature hardwood?
Pros/cons of some of the trees y'all have in your yards?
Pros/cons of some of the trees y'all have in your yards?
Posted on 11/4/12 at 4:32 pm to gazelles
Plant native trees whatever you do. Silver maple grow really fast, but can be a bit messy.
Posted on 11/4/12 at 4:50 pm to gazelles
If you live in a hurricane area look up hurricane resistant trees.
Posted on 11/4/12 at 5:01 pm to BarDTiger81
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Why native trees ?
That's just me. I prefer native trees to shitty weeds like chinese tallow and other potentially invasive species that take over and choke out native species.
This post was edited on 11/4/12 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 11/5/12 at 6:45 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
I generally agree, but I just love me a Chinese Elm for a few reasons.
Posted on 11/5/12 at 7:45 am to gazelles
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how hard and expensive would it be to plant a semi-mature hardwood?
The bigger you go the more expensive it will be. A friend of mine just had two 20' live oaks planted in his yard. They ran about 5k I believe for both.
You can get a couple 4" diameter that would be 8-12 ft prob dependant on spieces but that would run between 500 or so I would guess planted. When you get over that size, price jumps considerable because they take so much more to handle them.
This post was edited on 11/5/12 at 7:48 am
Posted on 11/5/12 at 7:57 am to gazelles
I planted 2 river birch last year
they have already tripled in size, so if you can wait a year, you can typically save a lot of money by just buying the smaller trees
they have already tripled in size, so if you can wait a year, you can typically save a lot of money by just buying the smaller trees
Posted on 11/5/12 at 10:18 am to Salmon
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river birch
Wait a couple years and you'll hate them. They shed like crazy.
Posted on 11/5/12 at 10:25 am to tenfoe
bark or limbs? I like the bark look of them, and they cannot possibly shed more limbs than my giant pecan trees
Posted on 11/5/12 at 10:33 am to AlxTgr
My dad has a red oak in his back yard we planted in '96. It was just a sapling, now its maybe 30' tall. Slow growing by my standards but looks good when the leaves turn. I hate my Bradford pears. They stink, the leaves suck, and limbs break constantly. My silver maple got some kind of fungus its not going to be ling before I have to cut it down.
Posted on 11/5/12 at 10:35 am to Salmon
Both sides of my driveway are lined with River Birch trees. Like 60 of them. When I first bought the place I was like "damn these trees are awesome". Now I'm like "damn these trees suck a fatty". River birches are huge pussies. Every summer I loose a couple to disease and they shed limbs like a mofo. They do look cool though..
This post was edited on 11/5/12 at 10:46 am
Posted on 11/5/12 at 10:35 am to 4X4DEMON
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I hate my Bradford pears.
I had 2 of these when I bought my house. Within 2 months, 1 died, and the other split in half.
I will never plant Bradford pears. Too weak.
I also planted a maple in my yard last year about the same time as the river birches. All 3 trees were somewhere around 6'-8' when I planted them. The river oaks are now +20', and the maples is maybe 10'
This post was edited on 11/5/12 at 10:38 am
Posted on 11/5/12 at 10:42 am to Salmon
Maples grow pretty slow. Dad has one in his front yard that's not much more than a twig. It's been planted for two years.
Posted on 11/5/12 at 10:51 am to 4X4DEMON
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Maples grow pretty slow
Depends on the kinda of maple
Posted on 11/5/12 at 11:56 am to AlxTgr
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and leaves
Small, annoying leaves too.
Posted on 11/5/12 at 12:34 pm to tenfoe
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Wait a couple years and you'll hate them. They shed like crazy.
yes they do. I hate them in my yard.
Posted on 11/5/12 at 9:15 pm to Langston
May be soil issues too, in my case anyway. It's a lot of clay here.
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