Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Road Trip to The Possibility Place, 0 by terryr

terryr wrote:
Well duh, I didn't even see the bebb oak! I've got my glasses on now :o) You're right, that one does look the best. I bought 3 new jersey teas last year, another one I'm waiting to see if it made it thru the winter. Right now, they're little twigs. As are my spice bushes. What is an American hazelnut? Am I overlooking it on their site? Ohhhhh wait! The filbert is the American hazelnut? My neighbor already complains about "all the trees" his wife planted years ago. They have 2 maples and something that must have gotten run over by a lawnmower and looks like a shrub, but I know it's a tree...just can't remember what he said it was. They barely mow and are hardly ever outside. I'm on a corner lot....ya know...as embarrassing as it is, I'll post a pic of the front of our house. You can't see my little twigs in there, but there really is stuff planted! And remember, we've only been here about a year. The tree in the front got chopped out today, as with some more of the privet on the left side. I'll get it all....soon. Would you believe we can pull those things out? No shovel, just pull on them and out they come. The lilac bush on the right is going bye bye also. That's where I thought about putting the prairie crab. Left, right, is all you looking at the pic. Oh gosh, I'm looking at the thumbnail of the pic and I did NOT put that baby blue siding up there! As soon as the roofer comes, he's going to remove one to see what's under it. The PO loved baby blue.........and I'm not sure if the lilac is shown. If not, it's probably just to the right of the pic. Or the privet for that matter.....it's almost on the lot line to the left.

Rick, from what I understand, these trees are grown from all local seed. This place is around 90 miles east of me. So, I don't think they're of southern provenance. I am dying for a tulip tree. I planted one at our house in TN...but we didn't live there long enough (we only stayed for 17 months) for me to see it really do much of anything. It did grow about 4 ft from spring to fall! But the BIG but is, I don't want a tree that won't make it. You don't think they wrap them in burlap or anything? Hmmm....gotta find a tarp now.....