Posted on 07/16/2016 7:54:14 AM PDT by William of Barsoom
This may seem frivolous, but I assure you it is real. I'm on a small committee to select a tree for planting to honor a good man's memory who passed away 2 years ago. He was a moral man, a Christian, a father, and a good husband.
My former in-laws were given a copper beech to plant when they got their house. Nice looking tree some 30-ish years later.
NOT RECOMMENDED IN NORTH CAROLINA:Finally, here is a quick list of some very nice nursery stock to be found in Central North Carolina:
*** Sequoiadendron [Mountain Redwood] - always dies within the first season
*** Canadian Hemlock - too hot in the Sandhills, also woolly aphid [adelgid] infestation
*** Atlas Cedar - struggles and looks horrible throughout Central North Carolina
*** Purple European Beech - vulnerable to disease
*** Italian Cypress - must be planted next to a warm building to survive the winter; also needs staking/supports to maintain its vertical form
RECOMMENDED IN NORTH CAROLINA, via seed or transplanted from the wild:
*** North American Beech - nurserymen don't grow this because the tap root goes too deep
*** North American Holly - easy to transplant from the wild
*** Slippery Elm - possibly the single most beautiful tree in all of North Carolina
RECOMMENDED IN NORTH CAROLINA, via nursery stock:
*** Boxwood [English or American] - very very very slow growing, but thrives in North Carolina
*** Sequoia sempervirens [Coastal Redwood] - if you can keep it away from JUGLONE
*** Deodar Cedar - always seems to thrive & is very long-lived
*** Princeton Elm - resistant to Dutch Elm Disease, new growth might need spraying for beetles
*** Chinese Douglas Fir - has yew-like needles, very long-lived, resistant to the diseases which kill the Pacific Northwest Douglas Fir
Camellia Forest; Chapel Hill, NC
[on-site stock is much larger than shipping stock on the website]
Coastal redwoods, Deodar cedars, Chinese Douglas Fir
Kiefer Nursery; Durham, NC
Coastal redwoods
Taylor Nursery; Raleigh, NC
Princeton Elm
There are now four very productive apple tree breeds that prosper and produce fruit in the heat of central Arizona. They were developed in Israel and do not require a freeze to fruit.
In a single season, one such tree produced enough fruit to make over 20 gallons of applesauce.
While they do not live as long as shade trees, they make up for it with the gifts they provide.
Mimosa. Beautiful tree easy to grow. Subtle perfumy smell kind of like Honeysuckel. Can start from a branch cut.
NO!!!
The Mimosa is badly invasive in North Carolina.
Don’t plant a Mimosa unless you fully expect them to start seeding everywhere in the neighborhood.
We have more than enough invasive species with all of these illegal alien Obama voters.
Looking for a recommendation for trees in sandy South Carolina.
http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/records/usa/northcarolina/
“Thickest, tallest, and oldest trees in NC”
Redwood and sequoia are both listed as growing and getting big in the state.
http://www.post-gazette.com/life/travel/2007/07/20/Mighty-trees-stand-tall-in-North-Carolina-forest/stories/200707200305
Tulip poplars are listed as 450 years old, 150 feet tall, and 10 feet in diameter in the state (not my favorite tree, but that’s impressive). Other prominent native trees include: basswood, American beech, Eastern white pine, oak, sweet birch, maple, yellow buckeye, magnolia, sourwood and white ash. I particularly like any native oak for the symbolic and real strength, although another tree on the list might come to mind as a better match to the man being remembered (such as white ash if baseball was a big part of his life).
These trees also produce a poisonous substance called juglone that is toxic to many other trees and plants. Even after a black walnut tree has been removed, the juglone toxin may contaminate the soil for years. I have seen this happen in my own backyard.
Olive tree.
I see several have suggested the redwood tree. There are numerous redwoods in NC, with several on the Biltmore Estate being among the largest trees in the state. There is a notable stand of redwoods in Wilson.
It’s not a typical tree for NC, though. If planted as a memorial, I’d think a redwood would work for someone originally from California.
There are quite a few species of magnolia that would do well there, some being unusual. That might work. Climate sounds amenable to live oak, which grows into a stunning tree but it takes centuries to get there.
LOL I have a couple of those in my yard.
Don’t want to step on them barefoot.
They’re very fast-growing softwoods, too. “Junk trees” that would be busted up in the first heavy wind storm or ice storm.
I stepped on some on the sidewalk and went down hard.
YOUCH!
I’ve seen where people have collected the pods, sprayed them silver and/or gold and used them for Christmas decorations, so they’re not entirely useless, lol.
I LOVE Larch and Tamaracks! Just sold my little farm, and I am going to miss my Tamarack Pine like nobody’s business. :(
http://www.treesforme.com/south_carolina.html
Had one massive brach from the Sweetgum come down in a storm and took out the neighbors car. So sad.
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