Texas Gardening: Need help choosing a new tree and source?, 0 by Texas_Doodlebug

Texas_Doodlebug wrote:
Okay it has been a couple of months since I started the thread and I have made some decisions. For starters both Red Oaks in the back are gonners, kaput. The worst one pictured in the first post is really and truly dead. The second one is showing the same horrible signs as the other one did last year. Therefore, I am going to replace both trees this fall. I am having a really hard time taking out the second one but I know it will fall in the same path as the first, and have decided to get another tree started this fall.

So the big news is I bought a Chinquapin Oak (pictured with the pink arrow pointing to my tree) and a Monterrey (Mexican White) Oak. I bought them from a different source, a local organic nursery. All of their stock comes from local growers and are said to be true to plant name. (We suspect now that the Red Oaks came from East Texas seed and were first grown in acidic soil; hence they can't handle the alkaline soil in my back yard). I do still have one Red Oak in the Front Yard that so far (fingers crossed) is doing well. I haven't tested the soil out front so maybe it is less alkaline.

I am meeting with an organic landscaper this week who is going to help plant the trees. I am so excited to be making some progress on this, finally! Then I will need to start laying my stone borders again. Now I would rather do that in fall/winter than in the heat of the summer any day!