Re: replacement tree (TX)

Pam, I have pretty much everyone of the trees I mentioned to you,  except the 
Eve's Necklace and the Madrone in my yard ....so if it can take  my clay soil 
and flooding rains, I'm sure it can take yours too. I can't grow  Rosemary or 
lavenders, even in pots.....so the trees are a bit more forgiving  than the 
plants.  The only one that I have in somewhat of a raised bed, is  the Desert 
Willow.....and  only then because I have it in an area where  water runs off if 
the back yard floods, so didn't want it to be in standing  water.  
 
I don't know if the Wax Myrtle would grow well for you.  It does need  quite 
a bit of water.  It doesn't mind overwatering at all, but if it goes  through 
periods of drought without supplimental watering it shows it right  
away.....it is not as full and lush with foliage.   It is evergreen, and  recovers with 
new growth though once it rains again.  The one thing I  dislike very much 
about this tree is that it suckers something awful.   It is a constant chore to 
have to cut off the suckers that literally come up all  along the root system.  
In it's native habitat it forms thickets.  The  best examples I've seen of 
this in use in a landscape is in a confined space,  with little area, like next 
to a walkway in a thin strip.  This gives it  little room to sucker and it 
adapts well to pruning.  It is naturally  shrubby, but can be pruned to form a 
hedge or a small tree.  The berries  are much sought after by birds, and you can 
boil them to make bayberry  oils.   
 
 I thought you had this Viburnum???  The Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum  definitely 
grows in your area and I love the blooms on the  Viburnum.  They are highly 
recommended for Wildscapes.  I guess  I've never really been a big admirer 
(other than the blooms in spring) because  they are such a slow grower and remind 
me of a Ligustrum or such, with  the glossy green foliage.  The Rusty Blakchaw 
does have great fall  color though.  So....I think it depends on what you want 
and what you  already have, it's your landscape, Pam, whatever makes you 
happy is what you  should go with.  Whatever makes you happy, makes us happy.   
(smile)
 
Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 10/8/2006 11:02:30 AM Central Standard Time,  
gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:

Noreen,  what say you about the Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum (V. rufidulum)?
It's not as  fussy about soil being well drained as some of those others you
mentioned  and both Sophoras have poisonous seeds, a no-no in the  bird
sanctuary.  Or wax myrtle which doesn't mind clay in the  least?   And they
both handle too much or too little water  conditions, both of which can occur
here, though too little is more  common.  Desert anything will croak when we
do get rain, which is why  most of my salvias & lavenders are in chimney flue
liners and the  rosemary shrubs are planted on mounds around the  property.

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