Re: Wind Resistant fast growing trees.

Barry,

	I remember once visiting an on-the-beach garden in Santa 
   Barbara and being struck by how passionately the designer raved
   about what an ideal shrub/tree leptospermum laevigatum was for a
   garden plagued by salt-spray, wind and sand. It is quite an
   attractive tree too, twisty and full of character.

   There's some info on it at
     http://www.anbg.gov.au/leptospermum/leptospermum-laevigatum.html
   that sounds like it may fit your bill.

Cheers,

-- Irene 

Irene Kuffel
Napa Valley, California.

Doobieous wrote:
> 
> We're relandscaping the backyard, and while we've
> planted many things, we have a problem with them
> getting absolutely dried out and windburned.
> Unfortunately my town, Marina faces the open sea, even
> though it's on the western edge of the Monterey Bay,
> so we get constant sea winds. I returned from my trip
> to Mexico (Queretaro), to discover that 90% of the
> plants had dried wind burned leaves (My mother who was
> in charge of caring for it, swears she watered). The
> only plants that have not totally been burned are all
> of the plants that are native to California, such as
> Fremontodendron, Heteromeles, Ceanothus, and Prunus
> ilicifolia. My Norfolk Island Pines (Araucaria), and
> Butiagrus (Butia capitata x syagrus), as well as the
> carissa, and the orange and kalamansi all have escaped
> wind damage. 
> 
> Anyway, we essentially have nothing to block the winds
> at all. We do have some Heteromeles arbutifolia as a
> permanent screen, but, as they grow slowly, i'm
> looking for plants (trees really) that are fast
> growing, and some that i wouldn't mind eventually
> cutting down (meaning they don't have to have
> beautiful flowers, or gorgeous leaves or form). I
> know, it's a shame to cut down any plant that isn't
> harmful, but we need something temporary so the rest
> of the garden won't need constant everyday watering
> during our chilly windy summers.
> 
> Barry
> 
> Zone 17 (sunset), 9 (USDA)
> Marina, CA
> Pure sand soil, coastal California.
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