ornamental trees

country boy · Post by **country boy** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:16 pm

So i'm looking for a couple/3 trees/shrubs for the yard.

Not interested in fruit production.
Zone 7a-7b
We want 'pretty' , spring bloom and fall colors.
I'm thinking crab-apple.

ANY suggestions from the peanut gallery are appreciated...along with links to order...
Need to put them in the next few weeks.

Post by **Jesús Malverde** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:39 pm

I'm not much into ornamental fruit trees--why not get the fruit as well as the flowers?--but I've had a 'Sugar Time' crabapple that perfumes the entire yard on spring evenings and is loaded with bright red fruit in the fall/winter that does the job. It, like most trees, gets way bigger than the size they claim for it though.

twilson · Post by **twilson** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:49 pm

Just read an article that said if you wanna gget rich plant black walnut trees. The wood is so valuable that an acre of black walnut would make you big dollars.

dill786 · Post by **dill786** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:57 pm

i was thinking pistachios , i wish i could grow em in uk......

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 3:21 pm

Apple is good choice. But why crab apple? Why not a sweet apple, my Jonathan continues to be showy in spring flowers. Even if the birds eat most of the fruit still some for you …

In that vain going against the ornamental restriction, all the stone fruits (plums, cherries, apricots, almonds, peaches ..) are beautiful in spring flowers and gorgeous in fall colors, you’ll jes need to pick which fall color yellow or red. Plums go red, apricots go bright yellow.

Ok suggestions with the ornamental parameter,,,

Male Pistachio, the flowers aren’t bright, but interesting, but the fall colors are worth it.

Flowering Quince, red flowers, showy, but has thorns. More bushy, needs lots of trimming. Awesome flowering. I believe Haysus has one too.

I don’t know about get rich, but walnuts are great for fall color, flowers aren’t colorful tho.

Redbud, stunning bloom of red pea like flowers, cool hanging dry hanging peapods later, pretty tree all around, round leaves Tho needs trimming to train at first.

Crape Myrtle, purple flowers, kinda of common tho.

Palo Verde, drought tolerant, yellow fowers, very cool tree, thorns too tho

Jacaranda, I’ve seen this a lot in the cities and liked it, delicate flowers, fruit and leaves, showy but messy in droppings.

Those are all I can think of personally.
Links, uhhh .. neighborhood nursery?

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 3:27 pm

If in the south ya gotta be thinking about a Magnolia for sure!

deran · Post by **deran** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:27 pm

now im confused

tried pistachios in serbia, didnt grow, too cold ... but magnolias grow even here in cold germany

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:29 pm

Apricot colors.

Male Pistachio color

Plum flowers

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Post by **Jesús Malverde** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 5:58 pm

twilson wrote:Just read an article that said if you wanna gget rich plant black walnut trees. The wood is so valuable that an acre of black walnut would make you big dollars.

Yeah, the wood is valuable and the trees grow a lot faster than you'd think a hardwood could but they leave a big mess around and underneath them and the nuts aren't edible I'm told although the squirrels and jays here haven't got the bulletin.

Post by **Munchy** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:43 pm

fruit trees can be very messy...
unless you plan to do a lot of work each year, or hire a crew to do all the picking,
and the birds go nuts and make a lot of noise while doing their damage.
what starts out as a nice treat, kinda gets old after awhile.
I used to have a peach tree and an apple tree, which I chopped down.
but I still have a cherry tree...
and the neighbors still want to come into my back yard each year to pick some..
which tends to conflict with my cannabis growing aspirations.