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| My daughter turned 7 this morning, and after she opened her presents she asked to plant a tree today for Arbor Day. The look on my husband's face was hilarious! We're going to take a drive to the local nursery and see what we can find..Hopefully it's not too late in our season to plant..
Anyone else planting today to mark the occasion of Arbor Day? |
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| Great present! It is too late here as well - each state has it's own state level (seasonally appropriate) Arbor Day and Georgia's is the third Friday in FEBRUARY. April is too hot. Enjoy! |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 27, 12 at 9:14
| try to find the ones below .... you have enough green trees.. go for something really out there .... and no.. in z5.. you are well within the proper planting window .. 2 more weeks ... ken look for this one: Fagus sylvatica Purpurea Tricolor aka tricolor beech .. aka roseomarginata ...
or this one: Aesculus x carnea 'O'Neill Red' both will be pricey.. but what the heck ...
or this one:Acer pseudoplatanus 'Eskimo Sunset'
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| A few years ago I started some Blackgum from locally collected seed. As luck would have it, a couple of friends ended up expecting. Their daughter was conceived very close to the time of germination of my seed. That fall I gave them one of the Blackgums in commemoration of new daughter of nearly identical age. Both are doing extremely well. The last couple of years, and they are in a race as to who can grow faster. Now at 2+ y.o., 'Clara' knows that it is HER tree. And mom is loving them growing up together. Arktrees |
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| Come on, ken - go native! Nice story, arktrees. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 27, 12 at 16:30
| native .. schmative ... pshaw .. here loving daughter.. lets plant this remembrance .. of your youth .... with a plain old green thing that covers half the state ... crimminey.. why not just plant a norway maple .. or God help me .. any maple ... or wait .. a tree of heaven .... to remember your angel by .. or wait.. an invasive juniper ... wait.. wait ... a burning bush ... OMG!!! my heads going to explode ... rotflmbo ... ken ps: actually there is one slow growing norway.. the variegated one ... |
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| acer palmatum Sharp's Pygmy went into the ground here Marshall |
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| Nice story arktrees. If they ever move, have another tree handy for them to plant because that little girl will expect it. :) Cher |
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- Posted by jimbobfeeny none (My Page) on Sat, Apr 28, 12 at 14:00
| I dunno - I kind of like my "green trees". When I plant a tree, I usually go for fall color. Also, the darker green the leaves are in the summer, the better. I particularly like the Sugar maple selections from New England. |
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- Posted by ilovemytrees 5b Western NY (My Page) on Sat, Apr 28, 12 at 15:56
| Well, I do have 4 Golden Raintrees, so there will (hopefully) be some color this summer, but I get what you're saying Ken, I have a whole lot of green. I have to say my husband REALLY likes the European Hornbeam Fastigiata's leaves. He didnt find them so interesting when he saw their pictures online, but he's taken a real liking to them, and comments almost every day how good they look. T I adore the Red Horse Chestnut! I know exactly where to plant 2 next Spring. They're wind tolerant too which is a must for me. We don't live in a wind tunnel but still, I never knew how windy a spot we lived in til I planted my trees. lol We took our daughter to the local (if you call 30 minutes away local) nursery and their prices were RIDICULOUS. Needless to say we didn't buy anything there. |
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| Every day is Arbor Day! This year I planted another bald cypress (at my place) and one red maple in an area along the edge of a lot that hasn't been developed -- between that lot and a slew that handles run off and stays damp maybe 1/2 the year. |
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