Advice For Buying Trees For Your Landscape
Now that warm weather is pushing through finally, it is time to get out and decide what trees you are going to add to your landscape this year. That’s right, you should always be planting more trees!
Planting trees at your house helps the environment, of course, but it also enhances the beauty of your home investment.
Following are 3 of my favorite trees for planting in the home landscape.
River Birch
Clump river birch trees are the ideal popular anchor tree for any landscape. They have stately lines and a fairly fast growth rate that makes them fill in quickly. If you have areas of your landscape that are constantly retaining water, planting a river birch or two will help to sop up the soggy area and make that birch flourish.
They are susceptible to leaf beetle damage during the summer and iron chlorosis can also cause them issues, but other than that, they are really hardy and healthy growers that can live more than 30 years.
Japanese Maple
The crab apple is one of the most beloved flowering trees found in the Midwest and throughout the northern United States. In spring, they bloom profusely with pink or white flowers. Crab trees can be planted as specimen trees or stand alone and will rarely get larger than 20 feet tall, making them great for corner landscape anchors.
The only problems they have are the development of apple scab fungus, but most newer varieties are resistant. Check with your local nursery before purchasing.
Purple Plum or Sand Cherry
Very popular for parkways and commercial settings are the non-fruiting varieties of pear trees. The Cleveland Pear and Bradford Pear are two of the most popular with their spring white flower blooms and tight, upright growth habits. The pear varieties never need pruning and have almost no problems with diseases or insects.
The idea is to get out this weekend and start looking around for the types of trees you can plant in your landscape this year. Plant trees; for the good of the environment, and the beauty of your home landscape!
