Tropicals & Tender Perennials: I really need to know the answers to this question., 1 by JaxFlaGardener

JaxFlaGardener wrote:
No need to "pine" over your lost stump, liris! LOL Another one will come along and you will then know it can be planted. My oak trunks had already decayed about 4 years and it was easy to plant broms in them. If you start with a fairly fresh trunk or stump, you may need a drill with the kind of hole saw bit like the type that is used to drill a round hole for a door lock assembly or a wide router type drill bit.

The city finally took down an old diseased oak by the curb in front of my property about two years ago -- but not before I had complained about 3 times over about a 6 year period, each time with the city inspectors marking the tree for removal, then it finally dropped a 40 ft limb as large as a full-sized tree itself across my yard during a persistent tropical storm. Fortunately, the tree limb missed my house but did take out the phone line and crushed some plants (for which I demanded and received a suitable cash settlement for the city's negligence!). Anywhos - the contractor didn't bother to grind up the 4 ft diameter oak stump from the old tree, so I will have another bromeliad planting spot when the warm weather returns in early March. I may use the flat, wide oak stump as a base for some sort of sculpture also, but I need to keep in mind that anything I put outside my property fence may grow legs and walk away with passersby. LOL

Jeremy