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Re: [GWL]: Top Selling Trees and Shrubs

    Barbara,
    Well, actually, the numbers of trees sold in some other states dwarf
those of Michigan. In California horticulture is a 10 Billion dollar
enterprise, that's billions, not millions.
    If you look at the records carefully, they list both the numbers of
trees sold, and the total dollar amount involved per each species--thus you
can figure out (sort of) if they were large trees, or small seedlings.
   Anyhow, the numbers I quoted were RETAIL, not wholesale, thus most of
these trees probably were not for sale outside of the state.
Tom Ogren
tloallergyfree@earthlink.net

Ps. I used to be in the nursery trade myself, and everyone loves birch trees
(yes, planted in threes), but the turnover w/ birch is often quite
high--they don't tolerate drought at all, don't tolerate wet feet worth a
darn, and they get a borer that kills them off to boot. But you're right,
16,755,000 birch trees seems like a lot. I suspect most of them were very
small trees. Included in these numbers are trees sold for "conservation"
uses too.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Martin" <martin@pa.adelphia.net>
To: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: 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
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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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