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re: Best trees to plant in yard?
Posted on 3/25/14 at 9:58 am to LSUJuice
Posted on 3/25/14 at 9:58 am to LSUJuice
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Water just sits in my yard. Even with the little .25-.5" of rain we've been having these last couple weeks, it just ponds up. The back yard is better now that I regraded it and put some nice St. Aug sod down (3000 sf, took me a whole week to do). That said, I'm hoping once the sun gets higher, my yard will dry out quicker after rains. I don't need all the new stuff I've planted to root rot.
I had a similar situation and 3 well placed french drains made a huge difference.
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Posted on 3/25/14 at 9:59 am to BottomlandBrew
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I cannot stand palms of any kind, especially sago palms. I think they look terrible. Maybe I'm just too picky
I'll back you up on that. I can't stand sago palms. I
Yall would absolutely hate my house
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:18 am to Geauxld Finger
I think I got 15 gallon ones
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:23 am to htownjeep
Yeah before I put the sod down in the back, I put in about 160' of that black plastic drain pipe, running from my back yard all the way to the front curb. Connected gutters on that side of the house to it too. Helps a lot, but it's not perfect.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:40 am to Civildawg
Bookmarked thread 
Are Japanese Cherry Blossoms good trees?
My neighborhood is filled with them. I want something that looks ok year round though and they kind of look dead in winter.
Requirements:
-Provides good shade
-Keeps green year round somewhat so it doesn't look dead in winter
-blossoms with something that lasts longer than a couple weeks
-strong enough to handle storm
-not too messy in the yard
-not a palm or anything "islandy"
I don't care if it grows slow, just not "oak slow"
Are Japanese Cherry Blossoms good trees?
My neighborhood is filled with them. I want something that looks ok year round though and they kind of look dead in winter.
Requirements:
-Provides good shade
-Keeps green year round somewhat so it doesn't look dead in winter
-blossoms with something that lasts longer than a couple weeks
-strong enough to handle storm
-not too messy in the yard
-not a palm or anything "islandy"
I don't care if it grows slow, just not "oak slow"
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:46 am to TheCaterpillar
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Requirements:
-Provides good shade
-Keeps green year round somewhat so it doesn't look dead in winter
-blossoms with something that lasts longer than a couple weeks
-strong enough to handle storm
-not too messy in the yard -not a palm or anything "islandy"
Good luck with that. You have some requirements on that list that can never be matched for Nashville.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:46 am to LSUJuice
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You know any good residential landscape architects around town?
yeah but mainly in the Sugar Land to Katy to Cypress to Conroe/woodlands area.
You're not on the SE side are you?
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:47 am to TheCaterpillar
cherry blossoms are nice when flowering, otherwise look somewhat ratty down here.
nothing that blooms is evergreen so that's out of the question.
nothing that flowers won't be somewhat messy at some point.
Most flowering trees are smaller and don't handle storms that well.
The closest thing to that are Crape Myrtles or Japanese Magnolias.
Nothing really blooms longer than a few weeks aside from crape myrtles.
Southern Magnolia's are evergreen and flower but aren't typical shade trees in the 'Alta' variety. which is what i would use for residential plantings.
ETA: I didn't notice the Nashville part. so not everything i say holds true, but some of your characteristics defy the genetics of plants.
quote:
-Provides good shade
-Keeps green year round somewhat so it doesn't look dead in winter
-blossoms with something that lasts longer than a couple weeks
-strong enough to handle storm
-not too messy in the yard
-not a palm or anything "islandy"
nothing that blooms is evergreen so that's out of the question.
nothing that flowers won't be somewhat messy at some point.
Most flowering trees are smaller and don't handle storms that well.
The closest thing to that are Crape Myrtles or Japanese Magnolias.
Nothing really blooms longer than a few weeks aside from crape myrtles.
Southern Magnolia's are evergreen and flower but aren't typical shade trees in the 'Alta' variety. which is what i would use for residential plantings.
ETA: I didn't notice the Nashville part. so not everything i say holds true, but some of your characteristics defy the genetics of plants.
This post was edited on 3/25/14 at 10:49 am
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:48 am to TheCaterpillar
quote:
Requirements:
-Provides good shade
-Keeps green year round somewhat so it doesn't look dead in winter
-blossoms with something that lasts longer than a couple weeks
-strong enough to handle storm
-not too messy in the yard
-not a palm or anything "islandy"
I don't care if it grows slow, just not "oak slow"
I'm still looking for that perfect tree too.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:48 am to MRTigerFan
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Japanese magnolias
I just did a google image search and I'm pretty I have two of these in my yard. Never knew what they were till now.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 11:04 am to CAT
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Hell no to the Bradford pear.
In addition to being fragile their flowers literally stink. We had a long drive over the weekend and it seemed like every cemetery was full of flowering Bradford Pears. I drove my wife nuts by saying "I smell dead people" every time I saw this.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 11:25 am to Vegas Eddie
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LSUJuice
After your research what did you plant or going to plant?
pics of each would be great!
Posted on 4/5/14 at 10:30 am to 10Percenter
bump for LSU alum wannabe
Posted on 4/5/14 at 8:02 pm to Geauxld Finger
I am doing some research for the type of tree I want and this thread has helped a lot. Where is the best places to purchase trees in the BR/Prairieville area? Thank you
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