Woodyplants - London Plane Tree

Hi,
I've been reading the responses to Don's inquiry re his new property with
great interest, and need to research many of the ones mentioned.  The London
Plane tree (Platanus x acerifolia), however, is one I am quite familiar with
as it is the street tree for my house, so I thought I'd throw in my two
cents.  While the bark and structure of my mature tree are quite lovely, all
in all I'm very disappointed with it and wish I had a different street tree.
In Maryland, it starts dropping its leaves early, often in August rather
than in October.  It also has no fall leaf color other than a drab brown.
After a storm, I always have to clean up a lot of small branches which have
broken off.  That, along with the peeling bark will be tree litter in front
of your establishment.
 
One tree used a lot in my town is Gleditsia triacanthos (I'm not sure of the
spelling, and I'm not where I can check it right now).  I'm also not sure
about salt tolerance.  It will provide dappled shade, and the leaves when
dropped will blow away, so not a lot of tree litter to clean up.  This is
one of my favorites.
 
Mea
Zone 7

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