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| Been driving past a bunch of these along 70 to and from Colorado. Did not see any at the Denver Botanical Garden and took a few pics and a cutting from the last one I saw about sixty miles back into Kansas.
Is this a large sage tree? The yellow flowers are aromatic. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, May 19, 12 at 17:10
| Russian olive.. fragrant as hell.. and i am pretty sure.. an invasive weed .. literally. in many states.. or i am wrong and i think its technically a shrub .. but i wont grade you down for that... ken |
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| It can be either, shrub or small tree. Usually when its planted its grown as a tree I think, but wild ones tend to be shrubs. |
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- Posted by strobiculate none (My Page) on Sat, May 19, 12 at 21:53
| well...when you get to some of the prairie states what qualifies as a tree becomes a little more flexible. and survivability becomes a little more important than which side of a pond a plant comes from. |
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- Posted by toronado3800 Z6 St. Louis (My Page) on Sat, May 19, 12 at 21:55
| Well well. Not quite an invasive in Missouri but probably something I should not plant. Interesting it was so all over the place I assumed it was native. Thanks for tbe quick replies. |
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| It makes a beautiful tree with its red bark and silvery leaves, and is drouth and salt tolerant and produces its own nitrogen. The reason you saw it out there is because of the drouth tolerance--it is one of the few that can be planted in lower rainfall zones and survive as an unwatered windbreak. Depending where you are at, it is a cherished tree or a noxious weed. It has a habit of spreading in riparian areas in the west and forming a super dense invasion, choking out natives and making an impassible monoculture. It also has thorns. But, as a specimen tree and pruned up well, it will get to 40' or more and is really beautiful. Plus the seeds are sought after by an abundance of wildlife. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, May 20, 12 at 10:21
| Plus the seeds are sought after by an abundance of wildlife. ===>>> which then spread them EVERYWHERE ... trust me.. i kill them by the truck load ken |
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