Re: [SG] Ideal tree cover

John,
It will be  interesting to hear about everyone's trees.  I have mostly hickory
and oak and have no problem with them, except for seedlings.  Another native,
wild black cherry is not a problem, except for the seeds and seedlings that
get dropped all over.  The seedlings from the wild blk cherry are easier to
pull up than the oak or hickory seedlings, however.  I have a giant sickly elm
that I would love to get rid of.  The roots are really hard to work with, and
it sucks out water like a sponge.  I have two more ugly giant trees that I
would take down, except for expense and the owls like them.  They have been
damaged by storms and are really gross looking, but continue to live.  I have
planted some magnolias and Jap. maples, which I like a lot.  In other gardens
I have seen some beautiful crabapples, Jap. lilac, tricolor beech ( I have
planted one in my garden, but I don't consider it to be growing, yet :)),
Canadian hemlocks, and other conifers.
Glenn Herold gave a great talk on small trees in the landscape at the Winter
Scientific Meeting in Jan. and some I would like to try are:  Acer triflorum
(three-flowered maple), Amelanchier x grandiflora and A. laevis
(serviceberry), Chionanthus (fringetree), Crataegus ambigua (Russian
hawthorn), and Franklinia alatamaha (Franklin tree).
I planted a red flowered buckeye last year and am looking forward to that
(it's about a foot high!), and a burr oak, which is about 2-3 ft. high.
Kay Dye, Edelstein, IL Zone 5


In a message dated 2/12/99 11:23:37 AM Central Standard Time, junk@AZTEC-
NET.COM writes:

<< You are right, your not alone. What would your ideal lot have for tree
 cover?  >>
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