Mid-Atlantic Gardening: PLANT ADDICTS CHAT # 2, 0 by coleup

coleup wrote:
Critter you asked a question about Dawn Redwoods." re. redwood, has anybody put in a tree *knowing* it would eventually outgrow its place, just because you loved it when smaller?"

Well, here is a pic of what my neighbors did after they cleared all of the mature trees from their lot last fall. In the center of the pic is a yellow and red fireplug for some size perspective on this island bed that measures 15 x 30 feet and borders the highway.

In the bed they planted 3 Dawn Redwoods, two Serviceberries and a Blue Spruce!
When I asked if they didn't think the Dawn Redwoods would get way too big for that space, they said they would 'be long dead and gone before that happened' Shades of Scarlett.