| Landscape and Trees |
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| These first shots are my Trees that I've added to the front yard since moving in to this home in 2001. |
| Green Ash Fraxinus Pennsylvanica A good Ash for the soil on my property. Texas Ash is best in the region but on my particular kind of soil, the Green will do better. |
| Heritage Birch Betlua Nigra 'Cully'cv.heritage My newest addition. It's an improved variety that is even hardier in this region than the natives. |
| Shumardi Red Oak Quercus Shumardii The best Red Oak for this area of the country |
| The Ash and Oak went in first, about 16 feet apart. A bit close (20 would be better) but this is the best spacing for having them mingle a bit as they grow. |
| On the side yard up front I've added a Lacebark Elm and a Red Japanese Maple.The Red Japanese Maple is getting too much sun right now to remain pretty through summer, but it is gorgeous in the Spring and will eventually be in nearly full shadede when the much faster-growing Lacebark Elm overshadows it in a year or two. The lacebark Elm is a great Elm for this region and doesn't have the troubles of the American Elm. |
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| Red Japanese Maple Acer Palmatum A great uunnderstory tree with red leaves in Spring, turn green in Summer, then back to red in fall. |
| Lacebark Elm Ulmus Parvifolia Sempervirens Don't confuse it with the Siberian Elm that is sometimes sold as the same tree by less-informed garden centers. The Siberian is a weak short-lived junk tree. |
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