Spring/Fall COLOR trees

[Anonymous Poster]

The "fast-growing tree" thread got me to thinking that list members might have some good thoughts on favorite Spring-blossom/Fall-color trees for those of us looking to put some "life" in our landscapes! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif ??

Larry

 

[TWINKLE_TOES]

Larry,

This link was provided by GrantMo, thank you very much Grant. http://www.advancedtree.com/tree_americancran.htm
Check out the American Cranberry, spring white flowers, fall red berries.

My wife does a great job with roses, color all summer and well into late fall. She won't let me in her rose garden, even if I offer to weed. (works for me/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif)

 

[Thomas]

LHSmith,
Spring time apple trees and flowering {red,pink.white}crab trees,and when autumn arrives you can enjoy the apples along w/ the wildife life.

Fall if you don't mind raking leaves maple and oaks but the down side w/ oak are,if you have a good acorn year mowing acorns are something like forgetting to raise the mower deck on a 1/2 inch pee stone drive, /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gifalso walking on the acorns when the ground is frozen or they are frost covered...just like marbles. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

White birch trees seem to have a nack of color all year round.


Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Thomas]

TWINKLE_TOES,
Sure Like to know what your wife has for a touch when it comes to roses.
I've spent $$$ and read and planted but still not luck...arrrrr /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

Maybe this year I'll buy the plastic roses. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[GrantMO]

My votes would be for cherry trees, flowering crab, redbud, dogwood and magnolias in the spring. I like sugar maples, red and pin oaks in the fall.

Twinkle toes, you're welcome. Here's an even better link that has USDA hardiness zones in it so you can see if the tree can tolerate your winter.

http://www.arborday.org/

Grant

 

[DFB]

How about some visuals to enhance all the talk of colors. Sure beats a gray winter's day.

 

[Thomas]

DFB,
Your right about a gray winter day...
and your picture really not that far away again. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[jimmoore]

I hate my magnolia tree,sheds leaves year round

jim

 

[DFB]

Thomas, here's some good ol' apple blossoms.

 

[jfakerj]

Twinkle_Toes
I have some 100 year old apple trees one the property I'm going to build on. They bear fruit but the apples are small and some what scabby. There has been nothing done to the trees in years. You seem to know quit a bit abought trees, so my question is, is there any way to bring the trees back,ie-pruning, fertilizer, etc. I don't even know what kind they are but can find out. They taste good, but awfully small.
Any ideas.


Jerry

 

[TWINKLE_TOES]

Jerry

<font color=blue>You seem to know quit a bit abought trees</font color=blue>
Seems is sure the right choice of words here.
One of the brightest guy's that ever lived didn't know enough not sit under an apple tree when they are over ripe (Newton)

Ciscoe Morris hosts "Gardening with Cisco" on Sunday mornings on KIRO 710. Cisco is a nice fellow and has always answered my email questions. Tell him your story, add the kind of apples if you know and I'm sure he will help. Put Brussels Sprouts in the subject line on you email, he is a sucker for that one.
http://www.ciscoe.com/

 

[DFB]

Might as well add some fall colors. Oranges and yellows.

 

[DFB]

And some reds too.

 

[Thomas]

DFB,
Now thats an old New England apple tree, /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
bet there some good honey bees around.

28 degree and sleeting and going to turn to rain here /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif should make things interesting, /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif so if you should have a picture of purple..pink..white lilac it would help w/ this cabin fever.

Stay safe over there and have a pleasant day.


Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Thomas]

DFB,
Do you folks have many Elm trees over there,or did the Dutch Elm infection just about wipe them out as it did over here.

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[DFB]

Thomas, the Elms are pretty much wiped out in both places. Young trees only get so big then die off. The dead tree to the left of the apple tree in the photo (colors2) was an elm tree. Thats interesting stuff about the trees for ship masts. I'm only 10 mi. from the ocean.

 

[dmccarty]

LH,

I like Red Buds, Maples, Oaks, and DogWoods. When I was clearing the sapling that had grown into my road I flagged all the Red Buds so I would not cut them down. A few are going to have to go, but they will be very pretty when they are blooming this spring. I just hope they can tolerate the full sun since they are an understory tree. So I might lose them but at least I tried. I really like Dogwoods as well and I have lots of them. The loggers ran over to many of them but I still have lots left. They have pretty flowers and the red berries are very pretty in the fall.
I do want to put in some Magnolias. I love the look and smell of that tree.

NC State Universtiy has a jewel of an Arboretium. They have a membership, that I keep forgetting to join, that allows you first pick every spring on shrubs and I think trees. They have some hard to find items. So you might want to see if the local University has such a program.

I'm also partial to Cedar trees which the property has thousands. The snow/ice storm last January reall wiped out a lot of them unfortunately.

Later...
Dan McCarty