Re: Best fastigiate trees and shrubs
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- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 18:57:36 -0800
I was reviewing these postings and noticed that the suggestions were
for deciduous trees. There are a large number of suitable evergreen
(and decidous) conifers that have a narrow growth habit. I can elaborate
if anyone wants the information.
My favoriate fastigiate tree is definitely the Dawyck beech. I grow the
purple, the green, and the yellow leaf varieties. But then I am a
beech-nut.
In addition to standing specimans, I have 2 pairs of sentries, one red,
the other green. They are excellant for that purpose.
I also grow some weeping varieties of beech that grow tall and narrow
and cascade more-or-less staight down. These forms could be interesting
options for you as well. The form Reb Obelisk is supossed to be narrow, but
mine is still to small to comment.
Many ornamental trees have fastigiate forms. For example there are
fastigiate
crabapples and cherries. You could almost pick the type of tree you wanted
and
then look for the form rather than the reverse.
I grow several of the trees already mentioned and would be glad to give my
options on specific ones if it would help. Specifically, Acer "Newton
Sentry",
"Crimson Sentry", Quercus r. "Fastigiata". I also grow some narrow, but
not necessisarily fastigiate, trees that might well do for you.
Lake Street in Salem NH nursery has the most interesting spruce. It is
maybe 35' tall and uniformly about 16" in diamater top to bottom. I have
been asking them to propagate it, but they never do. Sure is interesting. I
saw a reference to an old variety in a book I have that sounds llike it
might be
it, but I have never seen it offered
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Martinson <dmartin@post.its.mcw.edu>
To: woodyplants@mallorn.com <woodyplants@mallorn.com>
Date: Sunday, March 21, 1999 8:25 AM
Subject: Best fastigiate trees and shrubs
>Here in Milwaukee, (Zone 5) friend of mine has built a 4 story apartment
>building that only has about 15 ft between it and the public sidewalk. The
>building faces south. Does anyone have any experience with tree cultivars
>that are fastigiate (i.e. tall and narrow) in nature. I have eliminated
>populars because of their weak-wooded and relative short lived nature.
>Minimum mature height should be at least 15-20 ft.
>
>Don Martinson
>Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee suburb)
>USDA Zone 5 (-10 to -20F)
>AHS Heat Zone #4
>d*@post.its.mcw.edu
>
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