Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: My marginally hardy (if that) offerings and the climate., 1 by shortleaf

shortleaf wrote:
Hi KayJones, small world, I live in Independence too.
The day of planting at my mobile home is near!
I have new photos if anyone would like to see the area that I'm planting in.
I may be moving in up there in a month or so. Someone near there got a job where I work so we can carpool the 40+ miles one way to work.
I have 3 Crepe Myrtles, a Red Tipped Photinia and other stuff to plant up there right away.
I hate to go with so much non-native stuff but I can't plant any of the larger native trees that I like. Unlike the trailer, the lot isn't mine and I will be challenged as to what I can do with the landscape there. Until I have my own property and can plant as I wish, I may be limited to some things that are pretty and somewhat disposable (on the other hand, I might have the chance to get a little landscaping crazy on this lot). Also, I need to go with some landscaping that will be conducive to having a fledgling landscaping business (which I'll start in the Spring if all goes as planned).
Not at all to be a sell-out, I'll certainly recommend native plantings whenever possible.
The South - facing green space between the porch and that dumb looking metal shed is where my marginal plantings will go.
I must plant to give my landscaping skills a knowledgeable "wow" factor, I sure hope any marginal plantings work out.
I don't have much space to work with as its just a mobile home lot, but it does have some green space. It will be tempting to just plant every square inch of the lot, but alas, I don't want to come off as a nutty landscaper!
Personally, I don't like the look of wall to wall plants, I like some green, open, sunny space too. Many of the desired plants (trees, shrubs, flowers and other landscaping facts) I'll just refer to in books, I don't have to have everything on display. I just want people to see my yard with Palm trees, cactus and other not often seen central Midwest plantings and be somewhat intrigued in my future landscaping business.
I have many photos here of my mobile home under progress if anyone would like to go to my photobucket album and see them. -
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v243/w4i0a/mobilehome/
The thumbnail photos in posts are very small in file size. It is inserting of full size photos in a post that would terribly slow a thread way down for dial-up users like myself.
Will