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re: Best oak tree to plant?
Posted on 6/2/20 at 10:11 am to Zappas Stache
Posted on 6/2/20 at 10:11 am to Zappas Stache
Anyone have any experience with a High Rise Live Oak?
From what I've read, they don't grow as wide as standard Live Oaks - good for a smaller residential lot. Not looking to hijack the thread, just looking for information.
From what I've read, they don't grow as wide as standard Live Oaks - good for a smaller residential lot. Not looking to hijack the thread, just looking for information.
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Posted on 6/2/20 at 10:16 am to tke_swamprat
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Zappa thanks for the recommendation of the Chinese Pistache. After looking at it and reading, I think that may be a great option. Perfect height to still provide shade and look nice in the front yard.
I planted a 15 gal C Pistache in the front yard 3 years ago to replace a 20+ year Bradford pear. Growing well and I’m encouraged. I know the LSU AgCenter considers it to be a under utilized home landscape tree, and it’s a Texas SuperStar plant.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 10:25 am to tke_swamprat
My parents bought a "Mexican Oak" a few years ago and DAMNNNNNN, that thing grows super fast. Pretty tree!
Posted on 6/2/20 at 11:53 am to ChasinTails
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Anyone have any experience with a High Rise Live Oak?
I've planted plenty but being a rather new variety, I can't tell you long term. They've only been planted about 10 years at the longest from a 2.5" cal and I don't see too much difference other than maybe the initial shoots.
'Catherdral' is similar too.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 12:00 pm to tke_swamprat
I'll second the Chinese pistache. Mine is not a fast grower though.
How big is your area? IMO, oaks are best for more wide open spaces away from the house, whereas I would suggest the maple ( many varieties) for closer to a home.
How big is your area? IMO, oaks are best for more wide open spaces away from the house, whereas I would suggest the maple ( many varieties) for closer to a home.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 12:17 pm to LSUfanNkaty
Oak trees make shade and acorns Pecan trees are shady and make pecans. pecans are much better than acorns
Posted on 6/2/20 at 12:34 pm to Captain Ray
I love a pecan tree, but NEVER close to a house, street, or driveway. Pecans have dense, hard wood, and thus are notorious for dropping limbs in high wind.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 3:12 pm to hungryone
I’m partial to live oaks, if the lot size allows.
Never ever plant a water oak.
Pecans are also not bad, as mentioned. Although we had one about 30 or so years old at one house that got some disease that made it sterile. At that point it wasn’t worth treating bc of the cost, and the mess it made was no longer offset by the pecans. We took it down a few years after it’s diagnosis.
Never ever plant a water oak.
Pecans are also not bad, as mentioned. Although we had one about 30 or so years old at one house that got some disease that made it sterile. At that point it wasn’t worth treating bc of the cost, and the mess it made was no longer offset by the pecans. We took it down a few years after it’s diagnosis.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 5:39 pm to td1
Water oaks suck so bad and I have several 
Posted on 6/3/20 at 3:03 pm to tke_swamprat
In terms of oaks, I would go with Nutall or Shumard as previously stated. The Nutall will give you a mix of red/orange fall color depending on the fall season.
Shumard will give you a scarlet red to orange fall color.
They both grow a bit slower than the white oak family.
The Chinese Pistache he would near the top of my fall foliage list.
The sugar maple would probably be at the top for its brilliant vivid orange/yellow fall color.
However depending on where you are located a different Acer variety may do better such as Florida Flame or Autumn Blaze.
Another good hardwood to consider would be the regular hickory or shagbark hickory.
Shumard will give you a scarlet red to orange fall color.
They both grow a bit slower than the white oak family.
The Chinese Pistache he would near the top of my fall foliage list.
The sugar maple would probably be at the top for its brilliant vivid orange/yellow fall color.
However depending on where you are located a different Acer variety may do better such as Florida Flame or Autumn Blaze.
Another good hardwood to consider would be the regular hickory or shagbark hickory.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 3:17 pm to ItzMe1972
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An alternative that I like is a Drake Chinese Elm.
Just don't put it anywhere near a flower bed. the seeds from that tree are super easy to grow. I pull out hundreds of tiny drake elms from my flower bed every year, and that's not an exaggeration.
Posted on 6/4/20 at 11:03 am to bayoubengals88
Why do sycamores rot from the inside out? I've seen more sycamores cut down and have inside rot more than any other tree in my life.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 11:33 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
My neighbor had two trees near my yard: sycamore and a poplar.
The poplar was nice and attracted orioles when it bloomed in spring. Sadly, a straight line wind that snapped my red maple blew it down.
The damned sycamore lives on. It's enormous and drops tons of leaves, bark, and balls in my yard. I had a couple bushels of bark in my yard after a recent storm.
The poplar was nice and attracted orioles when it bloomed in spring. Sadly, a straight line wind that snapped my red maple blew it down.
The damned sycamore lives on. It's enormous and drops tons of leaves, bark, and balls in my yard. I had a couple bushels of bark in my yard after a recent storm.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 11:58 am to Zappas Stache
After reading about them, I may get a Chinese pistache to replace my red maple.
The name also provides a conversation piece.
There's also "Pestauche Ah Tante Nana (The Peanut Song)"
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The name also provides a conversation piece.
There's also "Pestauche Ah Tante Nana (The Peanut Song)"
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This is an old song about a happy farmer whos peanuts produced three nuts instead of the usual two. Since the peanut was an American plant, the new French colonists could only compare it to a pistachio or pistache. Later, the new name cachouette was added to the French vocabulary, but here in Louisiana the peanut is still called pistache by the Cajuns
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