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| A moment of silence for the silver maple that came down in my front yard last week.... It was dying and threatening the house.
My wife and I decided to leave a large stump. It is a memorial to the tree that is gone, it is architectural to anchor a front yard garden and it is practical, because grinding the stump would cost money and make planting in that area infeasible for a few years. Basically, I want to share this picture with you and solicit feedback. I think it will be great next year to see the stump surrounded with perennials and color, etc. I may also put a pot on top of the stump OR dig out a bit of the stump and plant directly inside the rotting stump. Cool, right? |
Here is a link that might be useful: house and stump
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 4, 11 at 19:31
| hip hip hooray .. the only good maple.. is dead maple ... especially a silver maple .. sorry.. no silent moment from me ... lol how about a giant Grecian urn on top ... supreme .. quite a statement .. [though maybe not the one you want to make] so you are thinking to remove what looks like myrtle??? i will bet a buck..there is little or no soil within a few feet of the stump .... and you will have a hard time digging in there.. and planting other things.. also.. rotting wood requires moisture.. and even though the maple is dead [they did apply stump killer i hope] .... in planting new plants.. you will have to insure that you can apply enough water for both the rotting maple .. and the new plants ... you might get further.. if you could add 3 courses of retaining wall on the drive and sidewalk.. to add some new soil.. for the new plants ... i do the stump thing all the time, though i do it flush to the ground .. but i have about 4.9 more acres than your front yard ... the whole process of the breakdown.. the 'shrooms.. etc.. can be very fascinating to watch over the years ... now get that grecian urn ... i would say.. a four footer.. heck.. how about a 6 footer ... lol .. check out the link ... as an aside .. i will bet a buck .. it was planted level with the lawn .. way back when .. how do trees basically grow themselves right out of mother earth .. especially maples ... now that is what i want an answer to ... ken ps: if they did not kill it.. ask them to come back.. cut off another inch.. insure its flat.. and treat the stump with some type of stump killer... or else you will have a good 3 dozen sprouts next spring ... and they will be 6 feet tall by fall ... because of that giant root mass ... |
Here is a link that might be useful: link
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| Sorry for the loss of your tree, even though I hate maples too. I've planted a replacement tree near my red maple stump. A southern Magnolia. I will have to supply extra water in the summer, but don't trees grow okay next to dead stumps in a forest? That isn't the same as perennials, but drought tolerant perennials could work with the extra soil added to start them off. The planters with cascading annuals sounds good. |
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- Posted by toronado3800 Z6 St. Louis (My Page) on Tue, Oct 4, 11 at 23:41
 A terrible cell phone photo but all that "stuff" is growing around about a three foot tall white ash stump. Metasequoia "Ogon" some "Tiger Eyes" sumac and random perennials. And yes that is a planter full of some kind of purple leafed vine on the stump. Like Ken's idea. |
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