Re: OT - the tree is coming down

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/natives/tamuhort.html -
wonderful website...lots of native trees but many will just grow in Eastern
Texas or in places with lots of water...I loved the red bay (Persea
borbonia var. borbonia) and you could use it to cook.

Also, What about Cercis canadensis var. texensis?  Chionanthus virginicus
(if you could keep it watered)?  Cotinus obovatus (you can see I'm into
fall color - also, very heat and drought tolerant and highly tolerant of
limestone soils)?  Diospyros texana (one of Texas's premier small trees -
lovely bark)?  Pistacia texana?   Prunus mexicana?   Rhus lanceolata
(extremely heat and drought tolerant, and its leaves are vivid red in the
fall)?  Sapindus drummondii?  Vaccinium arboreum (has beautiful red leaves
in fall)?


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 10/7/2006 11:35:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT - the tree is coming down
>
> Interesting. Rain-tree has it wrong--or confused. S. molle is not the  
> Brazilian pepper--that's S. terebinthifolius. Quite different trees.  
> The Brazilian pepper, S. terebinthifolius, has been outlawed in  
> Florida, where it is terribly invasive. It's used as a street tree in  
> SoCal, where it is not invasive. I've heard that some people who have  
> ingested the berries of S. terebinthifolius have had somewhat serious  
> reactions to it, but apparently not everyone.
>
> On Oct 7, 2006, at 11:05 AM, Theresa W. wrote:
>
> > Yes- they actually are drought resistant, and this site might interest
> > you too.
> > http://www.rain-tree.com/peppertree.htm
> >
> > However, these trees don't have flowers, so that might make the
> > difference for you.
> > Theresa
> >
> >
> > Pam Evans wrote:
> >> Yes but would they survive in TX?   I know crape myrtles do well.  Or  
> >> if I
> >> could find another blackhaw viburnum, that would be nice too.
> >>
> >> On 10/7/06, james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Yeah, they are quite nice looking--gnarly trunk and rough bark. They
> >>> have red berries about this time of year, maybe a bit later, about  
> >>> the
> >>> size of peppercorns [duh] that hang in clusters. I assume there are
> >>> seeds in the berries.
> >>>
> >>> On Oct 7, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Theresa W. wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I figured someone would know what I was talking about. I hadn't
> >>>> noticed the messy part- do they have some kind of seeds?  Anyway,  
> >>>> they
> >>>> really are lovely.
> >>>>
> >>>> Theresa
> >>>>
> >>>> james singer wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Schinus molle, California pepper. When I was a really little  
> >>>>> kid--<4
> >>>>> years--we lived in a farm house that had a large one for a shade  
> >>>>> tree
> >>>>> in the back yard. I've always liked them, but they are messy, and
> >>>>> it's very difficult to grow anything under them, even grass. Also
> >>>>> they are somewhat brittle, given to shattering. But they are also
> >>>>> drought tolerant.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Oct 7, 2006, at 12:26 AM, Theresa W. wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> A Crepe Myrtle- oh bah!  I'm so sick of seeing those trees- they  
> >>>>>> are
> >>>>>> every where here.  There's got to be something more interesting  
> >>>>>> than
> >>>>>> that.  I was admiring a "California pepper" tree down the street
> >>>>>> earlier
> >>>>>> this week (don't know it's real name)- but I love the
> >>>>>> feathery/fern-like
> >>>>>> leaves.  Anybody know more about this tree? (or for that matter do
> >>>>>> you
> >>>>>> even know what tree I'm talking about?)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Theresa
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Pam Evans wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I'm telling you - it is!  I can go to bed tonight w/out my last
> >>>>>>> conscious
> >>>>>>> thought (and prayer) being please don't let that thing come down  
> >>>>>>> on
> >>>>>>> me in my
> >>>>>>> sleep.  If it came down it would have come down on the bedroom  
> >>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>> bathroom.  Not good.
> >>>>>>> Expensive yes, worth it, absolutley.  Made it worse since I had  
> >>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>> pay for a
> >>>>>>> crown this week - ouch.  But that tooth was in worse shape than  
> >>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>> tree and
> >>>>>>> it had to be done.  I'm already pondering on what to plant
> >>>>>>> (probably a crape
> >>>>>>> myrtle)
> >>>>>>> to fill in all that open space and provide shade for that mahonia
> >>>>>>> that will
> >>>>>>> get too much sun now that the tree is gone.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 10/6/06, Theresa W. <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> That's got to be a big relief!
> >>>>>>>> Theresa
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Pam Evans wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Well, they are here surgically removing that leaning tree  
> >>>>>>>>> piece by
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> piece.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> It will likely take them the bettr part of the day.  The boss  
> >>>>>>>>> man
> >>>>>>>>> just
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> told
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> me when they were just roping it off, he could see the tree
> >>>>>>>>> moving.  It
> >>>>>>>>> wouldn't have lasted much longer.  So far, so good.  They are
> >>>>>>>>> being
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> careful
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> and not tearing up the landscaping.  For that I am grateful and
> >>>>>>>>> it's
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> worth
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> the money to have it done right.  And now I can quit holding my
> >>>>>>>>> breath,
> >>>>>>>>> thank God.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
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> >>>>> Island Jim
> >>>>> Southwest Florida
> >>>>> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
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> >>>>> Heat Zone 10
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