Underutilized Trees You Should Consider Planting
Underutilized Trees You Should Consider Planting
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Underutilized Trees You Should Consider Planting
Life in the landscape is tough for a tree.
A tree is faced with competition from other plants, sometimes plants foreign to its indigenous environment. It is forced to coexist with buildings that may project reflective rays and wide temperature fluctuations. Worst of all, the vital soil in which it lives has often been disturbed and deprived of helpful organisms. In many cases, the soil is heavily compacted.
Successful landscaping involves not only taking steps to improve the environment, but also utilizing plants with tough constitutions, plants that have proven their worth in difficult growing conditions. Most of these plants have been tested in their native environments and have grown where most other plants would have simply curled up their root tips and died. Foresters refer to these plants as 'poor site indicators.' Most of these plants have limited commercial value but are excellent choices for the less-than-ideal situations found in disrupted environments.
So here are some choices that will stand a much better chance of not only surviving but also thriving in those almost impossible growing environments...
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Scientific Name: Syringa pekinensis 'Beijing Gold'
The Beijing Gold Lilac, or Syringa pekinensis, is a Tree Lilac with good form and excellent late-spring flowers. Although the bark is not as showy as the "China Snow," the outline is superio...
Scientific Name: Maacki amurense
Amur Maacki, or Maacki amurense, is a handsome tree, though little known and used. The foliage emerges a unique, blue-green color and matures to a rich, dark green, the leaves each composed...
Scientific Name: Magnolia virginiana ‘Moonglow’
The lemon scent of the Sweetbay, or Magnolia virginiana, blossoms on an early summer evening are like nothing else. The 2- to 3-inch, cream-colored flowers, while very attractive individuall...
Scientific Name: Acer griseum
The Paperbark Maple, or Acer griseum, has many positive traits. The attractive foliage is a medium-green to blue-green, and the burgundy-red, exfoliating bark provides a level of winter inte...
Scientific Name: Acer rubrum 'Sun Valley'
Although the Red Maple trees, or Acer rubrum, have red spring flowers, wonderful shade, and exceptional fall color, they are, as a species, an ornamental inferiority to the flaming Sugar Map...
Scientific Name: Acer buergerianum
Native to China, Korea, and Japan, Trident Maple, or Acer buergerianum, is a handsome, small- to medium-sized Maple reaching 20'-30' tall with an equal spread. It exhibits glossy, dark-green...
Scientific Name: Quercus velutina
A common tree in the Appalachian forests, Black Oak, or Quercus velutina, is rarely found in nurseries and, unfortunately, is seldom planted. With its rich, glossy foliage, it is possibly th...
Scientific Name: Quercus macrocarpa
Burr Oak, or Quercus macrocarpa, one of the most majestic of our native oaks, is an adaptable tree with a rugged, cork-like bark texture that is especially noticeable when the tree is young....
Scientific Name: Quercus coccinea
High in the mountains on dry, rocky ridges in obviously inhospitable growing conditions, the Scarlet Oak, or Quercus coccinea, flourishes. Because of its lower lumber value, foresters consid...
Scientific Name: Quercus shumardi
The Shumard Oak, or Quercus shumardi, is an endangered species in the forests of Pennsylvania, as only a few groves exist in Adams and Fulton counties. As an urban or suburban tree, Quercus...