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tclawton Springfield, OH Oct 04, 2009

We live on over an acre and half, and our entire back yard is bare naked, (with the exception of our deck, which is 14 feet off our back porch, and bordered with Sand Cherries) backing up to our neighbors back yard. I am in desperate need of some tree ideas.... Our house faces the east, soil is well drained, clay/sand (about 15 years ago, was a corn farm field, now sub-division) not moist and we have a leech bed right in the middle of our back yard. Any suggestions as to what trees would be best for this poor bare naked yard? I would ideally like to have at least one Shade tree at/or close to the border of our property, however am not sure I would like to risk the leech bed proximinty.... Any thoughts, professional, ameteur - ANY opinions at all? We are zone 5 - ( on most sites)

Thanks,

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Oct 04, 2009

Here are a couple links with suggestions for your area.

http://ci.lexington.ma.us/committees/tree/tt9trees.pdf

http://www.naturehills.com/catalog/trees/shade_trees.aspx

http://environ.binghamton.edu/urban/edible1.html

http://www.ncw.wsu.edu/mg/treesncw.pdf

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Tropicool Orange Park, FL(Zone 9a) Oct 28, 2009

Actually, with the leach bed there you may want to consider putting a couple of evergreens in to help keep things dried out. When we lived in Knox County (Gambier, outside of Mt. Vernon), if your drainage was iffy for building, it seems to me that they would give the benefit of the doubt if there were evergreens near where the septic system would be, or if you were willing to plant some.

We put some purple plum trees in when we lived in Dublin (Columbus). The dark foliage added a nice accent.

Personally, I love the Black Locust that grows up there. It can be a messy tree, but I like the dappled shade and spring flowers. From a preservation standpoint, you may want to consider putting in some Ginkgoes or other endangered tree. And of course, the Ginkgo has those beautiful, bright-yellow leaves in the fall...

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