Re: replacement tree (TX)

Me too Zem but I can't do that w/ a tree during a drought.  I spent two
hours preparing the site, callled the nursery and took care of it.  It is
2/3 in the ground and I got cinder blocks to make a mini raised bed for the
rest of it.  There's only so deep you can dig in clay after 20 months of
drought.

On 10/10/06, Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
>
> That's great, Pam.  I'm tickled you found a replacement quickly.  I really
> admire your following through with planting it when you bought it.  I have
> lots of plants in pots -- all the time.
> zem
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 8:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] replacement tree (TX)
>
>
> > Ended up w/ a BIG Yaupon holly tree.  Native - lots of berries for the
> > birdies.  It's as tall as I am so bigger than the mahonia I want to
> shade
> > next summer.  Not cheap and barely got it in the car.  But it will work.
> > You ought to try digging a hole in clay in the 20th month of drought.
> It
> > took four hours.  I have  blackhaw which is gorgeous, but not a rusty
> > blackhaw.  Tossed a couple of handfuls of worm castings in the hole.  It
> > should thrive.  Took an hour and a half to dig out all the dead
> roots.  My
> > poor back.
> >
> > On 10/8/06, TeichFlora@aol.com <TeichFlora@aol.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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