Re: Lawn sprinklers and trees
- Subject: Re: Lawn sprinklers and trees
- From: Joe Seals g*@yahoo.com
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 18:29:32 -0800 (PST)
Maria:
Oh boy -- you have stepped into one of my favorite
soapboxes: the ultimate in "Wrong Plant, Wrong Place".
Trees do not like lawns and lawns do not like trees.
All kinds of conflicts in needs, culture, maintenance,
etc.. And in many cases, it's not good design.
I wouldn't say that some trees are "quite happy" in a
lawn but there are a few trees that "tolerate" such
conditions better than others. If you MUST plant a
tree in a lawn (or in a location that gets watered by
the lawn sprinkler system), here's some of those
tolerant trees ("Mediterranean style"):
Small --
Agonis flexuosa PEPPERMINT WILLOW
Arbutus unedo (std.) STRAWBERRY TREE
Callistemon citrinus LEOMON BRUSH
Cotinus coggygria SMOKE TREE
Maytenus boaria WEEPING MAYTEN
Nerium oleander (std.) OLEANDER
Tristaniopsis laurina WATER GUM
Larger --
Afrocarpus (Podocarpus) gracilior FERN PINE
Alnus rhombifolia WHITE ALDER
Arbutus ‘Marina’ HYBRID STRAWBERRY TREE
Callistemon viminalis WEEPING BOTTLEBRUSH
Cedrus deodara DEODAR CEDAR
Eucalyptus citriodora LEMON GUM
Eucalyptus leucoxylon WHITE IRONBARK
Laurus nobilis BAY LAUREL
Laurus 'Saratoga' SARATOGA HYBRID LAUREL
Lophostemon (Tristania) confertus BRISBANE BOX
Melaleuca quinquenervia CAJEPUT
Melaleuca styphelioides PRICKLY PAPERBARK
Metrosideros excelsus NEW ZEALAND CHRISTMAS TREE
Umbellularia californica CALIFORNIA BAY LAUREL
There's some practical alternatives as well:
1. Train the lawn into a different watering regime,
i.e. water more deeply and less frequently. The
gramma will adapt well.
2. Plant trees away from such watering (remember
design principles as well).
3. Provide the tree with a clear area within the lawn
(mulched if possible) and provide occasional
supplemental DEEP waterings.
Joe
--- marianoo@wanadoo.es wrote:
> Happy Gardening to all for 2004!
>
> I understand that some trees/shrubs are quite happy
> planted in/closeby a
> lawn with moisture via lawn sprinklers but are there
> others which would
> not thrive or die with this method of irrigation?
>
> My neighbour has quite a large lawn (300-400sq.m) of
> gramma.
> On the upper section there are:
> a lovely mature schinus molle,
> Chorisia not thriving
> Poinsettia doing very well
> Bougainvillaea ,, ,, ,,
> Wisteria (20 years old) died summer 2003
> narrow bed of roses doing OK
> Lower lawn (low sunlight in winter)
> Grapefruit excellent
> Fig excellent
> Plum/cherry/apricot all dying or dead
>
> Is sprinkler irrigation harmful to some plants - is
> there a internet
> site with information?
> Maria
> Zone 9 Spain
> Dry and sunny throughout the holiday season
>
=====
Joe Seals
Santa Maria, California --
where the weather is always perfect
and my garden always has something blooming
and birds galore
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