Gardening

[rebeccajo 14]

If anybody has any experience with either a Weeping Pu$$y Willow tree, or a Rose of Sharon Hibiscus tree (not the shrub), I'd like to hear about it.

Or any other ideas for a really small slim foundation tree.

Thanks!

*edited because the stupid auto-censor has a dirty mind*

Edited April 9, 2008 by rebeccajo

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

If anybody has any experience with either a Weeping Pu$$y Willow tree, or a Rose of Sharon Hibiscus tree (not the shrub), I'd like to hear about it.

Or any other ideas for a really small slim foundation tree.

Thanks!

*edited because the stupid auto-censor has a dirty mind*

The Rose of Sharon tree does really well down here in South Texas. But what Climate Zone are you in ?

Edited to add -- I would not consider the Rose of Sharon to be a *really* small or slim tree though -- down here it gets maybe 10-12 feet tall and is pretty rounded.

Edited April 10, 2008 by wife_of_mahmoud

[mogdog 0]

Depends where you live in the country. A weeping cherry stays small and has alot of blooms in the spring. A double chinese plum stays small with lots of white blooms in the springtime also. If you google ornamental trees it should take you to some good sites. Stay away from the big home improvement stores, in my experience they dont take care of their trees.

[cmartyn 0]

Rose of Sharon is nice when it blooms.. kind of shrubby looking otherwise even in tree form. I like Japanese maples.

[rebeccajo 14]

We live in Zone 6A. West Virginia. So I'm concerned about plants that will do well over a long winter.

I basically want to plant in a bed right against the house. My original plan included a Profusion flowering crabapple. But I'm pretty sure that will get way to big to plant even three feet out from the foundation.

Edited April 10, 2008 by rebeccajo

[Mags 112]

We live in Zone 6A. West Virginia. So I'm concerned about plants that will do well over a long winter.

I basically want to plant in a bed right against the house. My original plan included a Profusion flowering crabapple. But I'm pretty sure that will get way to big to plant even three feet out from the foundation.

First of all, I fully expect Charles to come in and mention the weeping pu55y.

Now that that's over, I can get onto a subject I love.

Rose of Sharon. Amazing tree, although I call it more of a shrub, but it is really a tree. We have 13 of them in our garden and they really are very hardy. We have pretty cold winters in Indiana and they have survived for a good few years so far. The flowers are gorgeous and they attract Hummingbirds too.

I recommend them, I really do.

[HAL 9000 96]

All this tree talk and I can't wait to go plant the onion that sprouted a couple of days ago...

[Mags 112]

All this tree talk and I can't wait to go plant the onion that sprouted a couple of days ago...

Keep us posted on its growing progress, please.

[HAL 9000 96]

All this tree talk and I can't wait to go plant the onion that sprouted a couple of days ago...

Keep us posted on its growing progress, please.

It has been exciting seeing it with the other onions... somehow that one is special! Even Gabriel (our cat) seems to admire it every so often.

[Ban Hammer 12,896]

First of all, I fully expect Charles to come in and mention the weeping pu55y.

fooled ya huh?

[Mags 112]

First of all, I fully expect Charles to come in and mention the weeping pu55y.

fooled ya huh?

You did. I'm completely thrown.

[Ban Hammer 12,896]

First of all, I fully expect Charles to come in and mention the weeping pu55y.

fooled ya huh?

You did. I'm completely thrown.

now to go think up other ideas to keep you off balance.

[AtlantiCat 0]

I don't do ornamental trees, but if I can recommend one that produces edibles...

Columnar or Colonnade apple trees are quite nice and stay small. I used to have two at my old house and they got to about 10 feet (can be pruned smaller) and looked rather tropical, I thought, but never more than about two feet wide.

Oh, and the apples were delicious.

[rebeccajo 14]

I don't do ornamental trees, but if I can recommend one that produces edibles...

Columnar or Colonnade apple trees are quite nice and stay small. I used to have two at my old house and they got to about 10 feet (can be pruned smaller) and looked rather tropical, I thought, but never more than about two feet wide.

Oh, and the apples were delicious.

Thanks for the alternative idea. What about cross pollination? Does there have to be another one nearby?

[rebeccajo 14]

We live in Zone 6A. West Virginia. So I'm concerned about plants that will do well over a long winter.

I basically want to plant in a bed right against the house. My original plan included a Profusion flowering crabapple. But I'm pretty sure that will get way to big to plant even three feet out from the foundation.

First of all, I fully expect Charles to come in and mention the weeping pu55y.

Now that that's over, I can get onto a subject I love.

Rose of Sharon. Amazing tree, although I call it more of a shrub, but it is really a tree. We have 13 of them in our garden and they really are very hardy. We have pretty cold winters in Indiana and they have survived for a good few years so far. The flowers are gorgeous and they attract Hummingbirds too.

I recommend them, I really do.

Mags, if they'd survive an Indiana winter, they'd work here. Thanks!!