Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Me and My Trees defected from GW, 1 by rutholive

rutholive wrote:
Joolz, sure enjoyed your tree diary. I moved to this acreage in 1995, nothing here but native grasses and sagebrush. First thing I did even before the house was in place was to plant trees., Now have about 100 different trees. I live on 5 1/2 acreas of which about 2 1/2 acres are completely enclosed with redwood fence. the deer do not prune the same as I do.

One of the first trees I planted was the Prunus cercifera Thundercloud. It is near 30 feet tall now. But only bloomed nicely for the first few years, now just scattered blooms, Have never seen any fruit. The foliage is very nice but when there is a strong wind blows off lots of the leaves, Not really a problem. I'm not sure i would plant another.

It is sad that the beautiful beech (wasn't it) had to be removed, especially as there didn't appear to be any damage. Trees are so important it is sad to be removed. Here is a partial photo of my windbreak trees on the hill just north of my house.

DonnaS