RE: Re: need a small tree/standard

Theresa - according to the blurb underneath the picture - it gets up to
10m (meters) tall and a meter is approx. 39" and change. Noreen can
confirm this I'm sure her German is better than mine having lived there.
Gorgeous plant though!!


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Theresa- yahoo" <tchessie@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:32:13 -0800

>Hold the phone here- does this Arbutus get to get 10 feet or 10 meters tall
>(hence 30 feet)??
>
>Theresa
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
>Behalf Of Theresa- yahoo
>Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:05 PM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: RE: Re: [CHAT] need a small tree/standard
>
>
>Thanks Kitty- the Arbutus wins- flowers, evergreen, small, and even fruit!
>Now I just need to find one.  I'll check Capitol nursery here when I get
>back from TX.
>
>Theresa
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
>Behalf Of Kitty
>Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 5:13 AM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] need a small tree/standard
>
>
>Theresa,
>I read my 30 messages first before responding so I could put this
>together in one message. There are lots of magnolias, of all sizes. As
>to Weeping Cherries, there is an older one (30 yrs?) in my neighborhood
>that is at least 15 feet high. I think the height has to do with where a
>graft is made or when it is trained to weep or something along those
>lines. A taller weeper would most likely cost more.
>
>
>Greer Gardens specializes in Magnolias; has several pages of them.
>http://www.greergardens.com/magnolias1.htm
>They don't have pics of everything, but if a description meets your reqs
>you could probably google a picture. I have a M. x loebneri bLeonard
>Messel' that is just gorgeous, but too tall for your needs.
>
>
>Flower and fruit pics of Strawberry Tree:
>http://www.mgm.musin.de/projekte/elba/flora/arbutus.htm
>
>And the Eastern Redbud habit:
>http://www.bio.gasou.edu/Bio-home/Courses/environmental/leege/BOO/ghseonthew
>eb/landscaping/landscaping.html
>
>"Cercis canadensis, also known as Redbud, is native to the state of
>Oklahoma and other midwestern states. The tree is small in stature with
>a height ranging from 35 to 75 feet. "
>
>
>Kitty
>
>
>-------Original Message-------
>From: David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
>Sent: 02/25/03 12:37 AM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] need a small tree/standard
>
>>
>> Theresa this says your magnolia will grow 25' high and equally across.
>That's
>an awfully big tree.  It also says it takes 10 years for it to flower and
>that
>it needs some shade.
>
>DF
>
>Theresa- yahoo wrote:
>
>> Anybody have experience with this magnolia?  The flowers are lovely and
>it
>> supposedly smells like lily of the valley??
>> <a target=_blank
>href="http://www.heronswood.com/catalog/02100?W3rkBvhC;;300";>http://www.hero
>nswood.com/catalog/02100?W3rkBvhC;;300</a>
>>
>> Theresa
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
>> Behalf Of David Franzman
>> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 2:42 PM
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] need a small tree/standard
>>
>> *sniff*  Ok, well I have a redbud and sold to me as Eastern but it is
>> particularly slow growing.  I had mine for three years and it's still
>only
>> about 8' tall but nice spread of branches.  If the Eastern is too tall
>then
>> try the Western which is shorter or the Chinese redbud which only gets
>to
>> 12'
>> tall.  Theresa you can't go wrong with these redbuds.  After watering
>them
>> for
>> a couple of years they are good drought resistant plants.
>>
>> DF
>>
>> Kitty wrote:
>>
>> > Theresa,
>> > Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis is beautiful; I have several, but
>they
>> > aren't going to fit your criteria. I was thinking about Halesia UConn
>> > Wedding Bells, but it, too, is a small TREE. When You say you want an
>> > ultimate height of "never get's more than 8-10 feet high and 4 ft or
>so
>> > across" you're talking about a standardized SHRUB, not a tree. How do
>> > Magnolias do in your area? Or maybe one of the weeping trees. And how
>> > about maintennce - do you mind working at it to keep it that height? I
>> > recall seeing some topiary done of larger trees. The man had used a
>> > Scots Pine and pruned it into a 10 foot mushroom. You could stand
>under
>> > the thick green mushroom cap. I don't know how tall David's Arbutus
>> > unedo gets; maybe it would qualify. Hibiscus moscheutos, Rose of
>Sharon
>> > might work. I've seen some lovely blue standards recently.
>> >
>> > Kitty
>> >
>> > -------Original Message-------
>> > From: David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
>> > Sent: 02/24/03 01:42 PM
>> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] need a small tree/standard
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Yes, Eastern redbud.  Cercis!  It's not evergreen but it has
>fantastic
>> > small
>> > purple flowers and silver dollar like beautiful green leaves.  And the
>> > form when
>> > dormant is interesting as well.  That's my choice.  Ooh, on the other
>hand
>> > there
>> > is the Strawberry tree.  Arbutus unedo, I think.  Another very
>interesting
>> > tree.  Theresa you can see the Eastern redbud by driving to Redding
>and
>> > then
>> > take the 299 hiway east.  They should all be flowering if not now then
>> > real
>> > soon.  The road is lined with them.  Gorgeous!
>> >
>> > DF
>> >
>> > DF
>> >
>> > Theresa- yahoo wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi all-
>> > >
>> > > I dug up a lavender out of a raised be this morning- it was jsut too
>> > lanky
>> > > there and not the right shape for the space anyway. The  So, I think
>I'd
>> > > like to put in either a small tree (one that never get's more than
>8-10
>> > feet
>> > > high and 4 ft or so across) or a standard of some kind.  Would like
>> > > something that flowers (in any color except pink- it clashes
>horribly
>> > with
>> > > the brick on my house).  Preferrably evergreen or one with
>year-round
>> > > interest. But all ideas are welcome.  Oh, and the spot gets plenty
>of
>> > > afternoon (western exposure) sun.
>> > >
>> > > I could always do a small whiteflowering crepe myrtle, but that's
>kind
>> > of
>> > > boring. I'd like something more interesting.
>> > > So, any suggestions? ideas?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > >
>> > > Theresa
>> > > Sacramento, CA zone 8-9
>> > >
>> > >
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