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Re: [GWL]: Top Selling Trees and Shrubs

Somehow I doubt they are planting millions of street trees each year in
Michigan, and birches at that. I suspect what the numbers reflect is
wholesale sales to out of state retailers. (grin) I was being rhetorical,
sort of.

Barbara M. Martin
Current Mid-Atlantic Garden Report: "Is It Hardy In My Zone?"
http://nationalgardening.com/regional/report.taf?regionid=13
Now at Cottage Garden: "Garden Catalogs: A Tall Order"
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/cottage_gardening/87477
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Ogren" <tloallergyfree@earthlink.net>
To: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL]: Top Selling Trees and Shrubs


> Barbara,
>
>     The average life of a city street tree, is less than 8 years. Many get
> killed prematurely from vandalism, people driving their cars over them,
> idiots with weed whips girdling them, too much fertilizer, no fertilizer,
> too much water, no water, smog, all sorts of things.
>
> Tom
> tloallergyfree@earthlink.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barbara Martin" <martin@pa.adelphia.net>
> To: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 6:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [GWL]: Top Selling Trees and Shrubs
>
>
> > Birches are often sold three to a clump and it may be too cold for
> Japanese
> > Maples..... Sure makes me wonder though, if all these millions of trees
> are
> > being sold, then where are they in the landscape, why is Michigan not
> solid
> > timber or forest land by now???  Are a lot of these wholesaled trees
> "lost"
> > during the retail process or killed once they are sold?
> >
> > Barbara M. Martin
> > Now at Cottage Garden: "Garden Catalogs: A Tall Order"
> > http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/cottage_gardening/87477
> > Current Mid-Atlantic Garden Report: "A Calendular Surprise"
> > http://nationalgardening.com/regional/report.taf?regionid=13
> > Co-Owner, Gardens List http://www.scin.quik.com/dorsettm/notes.html
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeff Ball" <jeffball@starband.net>
> > To: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
> > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 12:27 PM
> > Subject: RE: [GWL]: Top Selling Trees and Shrubs
> >
> >
> > > Tom,
> > > Thanks for that great data.  Is the 16 million birch trees a good
> figure?
> > > Everything else is under 3 million.  I wonder why arborvitae is not
> > included
> > > since I see it everywhere.  Also I find that only 1000 Japanese Maples
> are
> > > sold; I guess because they are tough to grow in clay Michigan's
favorite
> > > growing media.  SNIP
> >
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