animaux wrote:

Some purists don't even like the idea of adapted species, regardless whether or
not they are invasive. We have a Chinese pistache and love it. It's a long
lived tree, very fast growing, lovely strap leaf foliage and in about 5 years,
sizeable from a mere 5 gallon tree. Ours is in the ground for 2 years and from
the original 5 feet is now approximately 15 feet tall.


V

That was pretty much my understanding. If they had had a Texas
Pistache, I would have snagged it instead, but I love the other Chinese
Pistache we have, so that was my first choice of the selection available.

Normally I prefer to get the smallest plant available and nurture it,
but with oak wilt continuing to kill off our live oaks, plus me killing
off the $%#&* paper mulberries, if I can 'cheat' and get 'new' mature
trees a few years earlier, it's worth the extra bux. Our acre doesn't
have the lovely bottomland dirt you've described, so it takes a little
longer for trees to get going here in Oak Hill.