Trees are perhaps the least troublesome of all plants you’ll grow on your carefree property. Once you plant a tree you have something, Once you take the initiative to plant a tree, you will pass on something to your grandchildren and even your great grandchildren. For easy gardening, you have to consider planting trees which are eye catching, self sustaining and well behaved.
Here are some gardening tips. You want your trees to:
1) Develop leaf early
2) Cling foliage late
3) Allow plants or grass grow beneath
4) Be free from insect pests
5) Be drought resistant
6) Make sure that the tree is winter-hardy
7) adaptable to your soil and climate
All the above requirements may not be available to one specific tree but some of these may exist. One thing to note is to refrain from growing trees that are not easyto transplant, like tulip and sour gum. Moreover, keep away from elms (or even the so-called “resistant” forms) until the Dutch elm disease is duly addressed.
No matter what type of plants you nurture, trees can set a tone and create an atmosphere. If yours is a carefree life in a casual meadow, Lombardy may not be appropriate for you. If your area is under sized, neat and formal, avoid planting hemlocks if you are not inclined to cut their trailing.
Growing trees in tangle exhibits more appeal although actual landscaping can achieve the same effect by employing one or two specimens. How graceful is the intermingling of different varieties thriving casually along a country lane or an old stone wall. Nature is simply capable of making this a lovely sight. Why shouldn’t we try it?
Good Trees To Choose
Whether you decide on a tangle or a more conventional tree planting, here are a number of suggested kinds of trees-at least several of which should ideally suit your situation. (The list considers those trees often classified as tall shrubs.)
Most of the maples are fine trees for shade on lawn, terrace, or woods walk. Bright red buds chasing the last snows are followed by tiny furry scarlet flowers, dusty pink pointed young leaves, and finally deep green mature summer foliage. Attractive winged fruit pods, like twirling ballerinas, spin to earth-here two, there five, and now a dozen. No trees are giddier in autumn than maples as they toss their flaming golds, reds and scarlets over a chilling landscape.
The orange-re autumn leaves of the swamp maple tree prevail clearly against the gray trunk and the blue sky while the gold maple leaves in the woods show up with glowing brilliance in the area. Sugar and Norway maples are among the most desirable and easiest. One tip is to trim the lower branches to let in the light and encourage grass to grow beneath them. The silver maple and similar types look attractive when silver undersides of the leaves are turned up by the wind breeze.
The fast-growing sycamore is a hearty tree, with large, heavy-textured leaves that produce a fine cool summer shade. Brown spiny seed pods account for one of its alternate common names, button ball. The limbs grow into wonderful elbows and angles, in winter the freckled brown and white trunk and branches stand out strikingly in the sunlight.
Oaks
The solid and long-lasting oak attracks squirrels with their merry antics while in search for acorns. The many-fingered leaves not only turn to rich coppery and maroon autumn tones, but also cling during the winter, bringing a fine hue of rosy brown to the scene. The pin oak, the red oak, and the scarlet oak stand out as among the best. Oaksare not fast growing trees but are attractive in the process. Plant at least one, if for no other reason than to be able to go out and contemplate it when you feel the need of something solid. Weight wise, an oak is heavy since it can reach as much as fifty pounds per cubic foot!
One of the easiest and most beautiful of all shade trees is the sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua). The many pointed leaves are fragrant when crushed and, in autumn, turn deep yellow and rich red.
The graceful beech has smooth gray bark that folds in a neat tailored manner around its trunk.. The tree is not only fine to walk or relax under in summer but in winter the yellow-tan leaves cling and turn gold in the sun.
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