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Wanted: Free scrub trees...will remove from your property
Here's the situation. I was born and raised in NC, and every home I
lived in growing up had a nice wooded lot. Then I went out and bought my first home, in a modern subdivision built on what was a farm. Now I have a flat, treeless (except for the ubiquitous two bradford pears dropped in by the developer) 1/2 acre lot...and I hate it. Love the house, hate opening the back door and seeing ten different neighbors. So I've decided I need to plant trees. I've planted a couple Japanese red maples (about 4 foot tall now) two granny smith apples, and a wisconsin weeping willow. I want more. And I wouldn't mind planting some native trees that I grew up with. I see all these properties around wake county with hundreds upon hundreds of what I call "Scrub" trees. 3 to four foot saplings, mostly pines, some hardwoods. If you have similar trees on your property and wouldn't mind someone digging up say, ten or so, and hauling them away, please let me know. |
Wanted: Free scrub trees...will remove from your property
Hey Tom,
While I don't have trees for you (in fact, I'm dealing with the same problem), I have a suggestion. The Arbor Day Foundation sends free tree seedlings for a $10 contribution. I just received and planted my 10 trees. They are all flowering ornamentals that are starting to bud and leaf out already. See their website: http://www.arborday.org. I think they are offering other free stuff too. Elizabeth "Tom" wrote in message ... Here's the situation. I was born and raised in NC, and every home I lived in growing up had a nice wooded lot. Then I went out and bought my first home, in a modern subdivision built on what was a farm. Now I have a flat, treeless (except for the ubiquitous two bradford pears dropped in by the developer) 1/2 acre lot...and I hate it. Love the house, hate opening the back door and seeing ten different neighbors. So I've decided I need to plant trees. I've planted a couple Japanese red maples (about 4 foot tall now) two granny smith apples, and a wisconsin weeping willow. I want more. And I wouldn't mind planting some native trees that I grew up with. I see all these properties around wake county with hundreds upon hundreds of what I call "Scrub" trees. 3 to four foot saplings, mostly pines, some hardwoods. If you have similar trees on your property and wouldn't mind someone digging up say, ten or so, and hauling them away, please let me know. |
Wanted: Free scrub trees...will remove from your property
The digging up of a non-cultivated tree usually destroys too many roots,
IMHO. I'd recommend getting cultivated trees, which would probably have a better root system in the bucket or ball form. If you want native trees, consider getting some redbuds, dogwoods or tree azaleas like the Cumberland or Pinksterbloom. The problem would be that these are typically understory trees, requiring shade. Around here, the best shade tree I've ever seen is the California Peppercorn. We inherited 5 planted across the back of our lot in Las Vegas, and you almost need a whip and a chair to control their growth. Besides a pleasant herbal smell and little peppercorns, they have dense foliage like a willow, and "weep." I had to top ours last fall, since they were beginning to obscure the view of the Strip from the bedroom's balcony. Within 8 weeks, I was again trimming off more top growth. Perhaps someone who knows trees well can flesh out my comments on the California Peppercorn tree, but IMHO, they'd make one heck of a good tree for the Raleigh area as well, if they can stand the winters. -- Tom Gauldin, Las Vegas NV NEW EMAIL NEW PHONE (702) 263-8804 voice/fax "Elizabeth" wrote in message rthlink.net... Hey Tom, While I don't have trees for you (in fact, I'm dealing with the same problem), I have a suggestion. The Arbor Day Foundation sends free tree seedlings for a $10 contribution. I just received and planted my 10 trees. They are all flowering ornamentals that are starting to bud and leaf out already. See their website: http://www.arborday.org. I think they are offering other free stuff too. Elizabeth "Tom" wrote in message ... Here's the situation. I was born and raised in NC, and every home I lived in growing up had a nice wooded lot. Then I went out and bought my first home, in a modern subdivision built on what was a farm. Now I have a flat, treeless (except for the ubiquitous two bradford pears dropped in by the developer) 1/2 acre lot...and I hate it. Love the house, hate opening the back door and seeing ten different neighbors. So I've decided I need to plant trees. I've planted a couple Japanese red maples (about 4 foot tall now) two granny smith apples, and a wisconsin weeping willow. I want more. And I wouldn't mind planting some native trees that I grew up with. I see all these properties around wake county with hundreds upon hundreds of what I call "Scrub" trees. 3 to four foot saplings, mostly pines, some hardwoods. If you have similar trees on your property and wouldn't mind someone digging up say, ten or so, and hauling them away, please let me know. |
Wanted: Free scrub trees...will remove from your property
I'd recommend against trying to transplant native "scrub" trees. You'd
be better off developing a plan for your yard. You can go with trees which are native, but select a variety which will give you better characteristics than a scrub you get in the woods. If you stick with fairly standard trees you could go to a place like Broadwells and get all you need for a VERY reasonable price. In the long run this will give you much better results. If you insist on going the transplant route, your best results are going to be to select the trees in the late summer. Tag them while they still have leaves, and then transplant them after they've gone dormant. This is a bad time to transplant because they are just starting to grow. they will not have enough time to send out roots. Chuck Elizabeth wrote: Hey Tom, While I don't have trees for you (in fact, I'm dealing with the same problem), I have a suggestion. The Arbor Day Foundation sends free tree seedlings for a $10 contribution. I just received and planted my 10 trees. They are all flowering ornamentals that are starting to bud and leaf out already. See their website: http://www.arborday.org. I think they are offering other free stuff too. Elizabeth "Tom" wrote in message ... Here's the situation. I was born and raised in NC, and every home I lived in growing up had a nice wooded lot. Then I went out and bought my first home, in a modern subdivision built on what was a farm. Now I have a flat, treeless (except for the ubiquitous two bradford pears dropped in by the developer) 1/2 acre lot...and I hate it. Love the house, hate opening the back door and seeing ten different neighbors. So I've decided I need to plant trees. I've planted a couple Japanese red maples (about 4 foot tall now) two granny smith apples, and a wisconsin weeping willow. I want more. And I wouldn't mind planting some native trees that I grew up with. I see all these properties around wake county with hundreds upon hundreds of what I call "Scrub" trees. 3 to four foot saplings, mostly pines, some hardwoods. If you have similar trees on your property and wouldn't mind someone digging up say, ten or so, and hauling them away, please let me know. |
Wanted: Free scrub trees...will remove from your property
Uh-oh! I couldn't find much about California Peppercorn except for the
German (?) website that Tom mentions in a subsequent post -- where the tree is identified as "S. Molles" I think. When I googled, however, for "California Peppertree," the first website that showed up was http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/schimoll.html, which is a Nature Conservancy listing for invasive species, sigh.... (sorry, Tom) Anne Lurie NE Raleigh "Tom Gauldin" wrote in message ... The digging up of a non-cultivated tree usually destroys too many roots, IMHO. I'd recommend getting cultivated trees, which would probably have a better root system in the bucket or ball form. If you want native trees, consider getting some redbuds, dogwoods or tree azaleas like the Cumberland or Pinksterbloom. The problem would be that these are typically understory trees, requiring shade. Around here, the best shade tree I've ever seen is the California Peppercorn. We inherited 5 planted across the back of our lot in Las Vegas, and you almost need a whip and a chair to control their growth. Besides a pleasant herbal smell and little peppercorns, they have dense foliage like a willow, and "weep." I had to top ours last fall, since they were beginning to obscure the view of the Strip from the bedroom's balcony. Within 8 weeks, I was again trimming off more top growth. Perhaps someone who knows trees well can flesh out my comments on the California Peppercorn tree, but IMHO, they'd make one heck of a good tree for the Raleigh area as well, if they can stand the winters. -- Tom Gauldin, Las Vegas NV NEW EMAIL NEW PHONE (702) 263-8804 voice/fax "Elizabeth" wrote in message rthlink.net... Hey Tom, While I don't have trees for you (in fact, I'm dealing with the same problem), I have a suggestion. The Arbor Day Foundation sends free tree seedlings for a $10 contribution. I just received and planted my 10 trees. They are all flowering ornamentals that are starting to bud and leaf out already. See their website: http://www.arborday.org. I think they are offering other free stuff too. Elizabeth "Tom" wrote in message ... Here's the situation. I was born and raised in NC, and every home I lived in growing up had a nice wooded lot. Then I went out and bought my first home, in a modern subdivision built on what was a farm. Now I have a flat, treeless (except for the ubiquitous two bradford pears dropped in by the developer) 1/2 acre lot...and I hate it. Love the house, hate opening the back door and seeing ten different neighbors. So I've decided I need to plant trees. I've planted a couple Japanese red maples (about 4 foot tall now) two granny smith apples, and a wisconsin weeping willow. I want more. And I wouldn't mind planting some native trees that I grew up with. I see all these properties around wake county with hundreds upon hundreds of what I call "Scrub" trees. 3 to four foot saplings, mostly pines, some hardwoods. If you have similar trees on your property and wouldn't mind someone digging up say, ten or so, and hauling them away, please let me know. |
Wanted: Free scrub trees...will remove from your property
Another Peppertree website that I forgot to include in my earlier reply:
http://www.rain-tree.com/peppertree.htm Anne Lurie "Tom Gauldin" wrote in message ... The digging up of a non-cultivated tree usually destroys too many roots, IMHO. I'd recommend getting cultivated trees, which would probably have a better root system in the bucket or ball form. If you want native trees, consider getting some redbuds, dogwoods or tree azaleas like the Cumberland or Pinksterbloom. The problem would be that these are typically understory trees, requiring shade. Around here, the best shade tree I've ever seen is the California Peppercorn. We inherited 5 planted across the back of our lot in Las Vegas, and you almost need a whip and a chair to control their growth. Besides a pleasant herbal smell and little peppercorns, they have dense foliage like a willow, and "weep." I had to top ours last fall, since they were beginning to obscure the view of the Strip from the bedroom's balcony. Within 8 weeks, I was again trimming off more top growth. Perhaps someone who knows trees well can flesh out my comments on the California Peppercorn tree, but IMHO, they'd make one heck of a good tree for the Raleigh area as well, if they can stand the winters. -- Tom Gauldin, Las Vegas NV NEW EMAIL NEW PHONE (702) 263-8804 voice/fax "Elizabeth" wrote in message rthlink.net... Hey Tom, While I don't have trees for you (in fact, I'm dealing with the same problem), I have a suggestion. The Arbor Day Foundation sends free tree seedlings for a $10 contribution. I just received and planted my 10 trees. They are all flowering ornamentals that are starting to bud and leaf out already. See their website: http://www.arborday.org. I think they are offering other free stuff too. Elizabeth "Tom" wrote in message ... Here's the situation. I was born and raised in NC, and every home I lived in growing up had a nice wooded lot. Then I went out and bought my first home, in a modern subdivision built on what was a farm. Now I have a flat, treeless (except for the ubiquitous two bradford pears dropped in by the developer) 1/2 acre lot...and I hate it. Love the house, hate opening the back door and seeing ten different neighbors. So I've decided I need to plant trees. I've planted a couple Japanese red maples (about 4 foot tall now) two granny smith apples, and a wisconsin weeping willow. I want more. And I wouldn't mind planting some native trees that I grew up with. I see all these properties around wake county with hundreds upon hundreds of what I call "Scrub" trees. 3 to four foot saplings, mostly pines, some hardwoods. If you have similar trees on your property and wouldn't mind someone digging up say, ten or so, and hauling them away, please let me know. |
Wanted: Free scrub trees...will remove from your property
Thanks, Anne. It's like having 5 pharmaceutical plants in our back yard.
grin -- Tom Gauldin, Las Vegas NV NEW EMAIL NEW PHONE (702) 263-8804 voice/fax "Anne Lurie" wrote in message om... Another Peppertree website that I forgot to include in my earlier reply: http://www.rain-tree.com/peppertree.htm Anne Lurie "Tom Gauldin" wrote in message ... The digging up of a non-cultivated tree usually destroys too many roots, IMHO. I'd recommend getting cultivated trees, which would probably have a better root system in the bucket or ball form. If you want native trees, consider getting some redbuds, dogwoods or tree azaleas like the Cumberland or Pinksterbloom. The problem would be that these are typically understory trees, requiring shade. Around here, the best shade tree I've ever seen is the California Peppercorn. We inherited 5 planted across the back of our lot in Las Vegas, and you almost need a whip and a chair to control their growth. Besides a pleasant herbal smell and little peppercorns, they have dense foliage like a willow, and "weep." I had to top ours last fall, since they were beginning to obscure the view of the Strip from the bedroom's balcony. Within 8 weeks, I was again trimming off more top growth. Perhaps someone who knows trees well can flesh out my comments on the California Peppercorn tree, but IMHO, they'd make one heck of a good tree for the Raleigh area as well, if they can stand the winters. -- Tom Gauldin, Las Vegas NV NEW EMAIL NEW PHONE (702) 263-8804 voice/fax "Elizabeth" wrote in message rthlink.net... Hey Tom, While I don't have trees for you (in fact, I'm dealing with the same problem), I have a suggestion. The Arbor Day Foundation sends free tree seedlings for a $10 contribution. I just received and planted my 10 trees. They are all flowering ornamentals that are starting to bud and leaf out already. See their website: http://www.arborday.org. I think they are offering other free stuff too. Elizabeth "Tom" wrote in message ... Here's the situation. I was born and raised in NC, and every home I lived in growing up had a nice wooded lot. Then I went out and bought my first home, in a modern subdivision built on what was a farm. Now I have a flat, treeless (except for the ubiquitous two bradford pears dropped in by the developer) 1/2 acre lot...and I hate it. Love the house, hate opening the back door and seeing ten different neighbors. So I've decided I need to plant trees. I've planted a couple Japanese red maples (about 4 foot tall now) two granny smith apples, and a wisconsin weeping willow. I want more. And I wouldn't mind planting some native trees that I grew up with. I see all these properties around wake county with hundreds upon hundreds of what I call "Scrub" trees. 3 to four foot saplings, mostly pines, some hardwoods. If you have similar trees on your property and wouldn't mind someone digging up say, ten or so, and hauling them away, please let me know. |
Wanted: Free scrub trees...will remove from your property
Actually most native NC trees do quite well if you dig them up and
transplant them while they are still dormant. I have successfully done this numerous times and not lost a single plant. All you need to do is dig them out with a decent sized root ball and plant em quickly in a good sized hole, and of course water a bit the first summer. You can also get great trees from cuttings. I've got a bunch of live oaks, willows, crape myrtles growing in the shade of the back yard right now from cuttings... there are several web sites with good information how to do this. I've been surprised at how easy it is with most trees. |
Wanted: Free scrub trees...will remove from your property
If you would kind sir please post a link or two to get me started.
"Doctoroe" wrote in message om... Actually most native NC trees do quite well if you dig them up and transplant them while they are still dormant. I have successfully done this numerous times and not lost a single plant. All you need to do is dig them out with a decent sized root ball and plant em quickly in a good sized hole, and of course water a bit the first summer. You can also get great trees from cuttings. I've got a bunch of live oaks, willows, crape myrtles growing in the shade of the back yard right now from cuttings... there are several web sites with good information how to do this. I've been surprised at how easy it is with most trees. |
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