Comments on: Contemplating a Tree-Ectomy http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/01/contemplating-a-tree-ectomy/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:41:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Colleen Vanderlinden http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/01/contemplating-a-tree-ectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Colleen Vanderlinden Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:58:11 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=643#comment-149 LOL it's just as I thought---y'all are as divided about this as I am! I'll keep looking at it for a few more weeks and see if I can't make up my mind. Chookie---you're right that no matter what I do, the site will always lack for light. I'm trying to get as much light as possible! Mary---It's definitely not well placed--the former owner of our house didn't do us any favors with the trees they planted. We also have a humongous sugar maple in the back yard that is in a really bad spot. Think you can ship any of those beavers my way? It would save me some money :-) Anthony---now, that would give me a good excuse to go plant shopping. Hmm..... Flee---Nice to hear I'm not the only one who keeps messing around with my plants! I love tri-color beeches! LOL it’s just as I thought—y’all are as divided about this as I am! I’ll keep looking at it for a few more weeks and see if I can’t make up my mind.

Chookie—you’re right that no matter what I do, the site will always lack for light. I’m trying to get as much light as possible!

Mary—It’s definitely not well placed–the former owner of our house didn’t do us any favors with the trees they planted. We also have a humongous sugar maple in the back yard that is in a really bad spot. Think you can ship any of those beavers my way? It would save me some money :-)

Anthony—now, that would give me a good excuse to go plant shopping. Hmm…..

Flee—Nice to hear I’m not the only one who keeps messing around with my plants! I love tri-color beeches!

]]> By: Flee http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/01/contemplating-a-tree-ectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Flee Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:13:13 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=643#comment-143 "I plop things in the soil, watch them for a season (sometimes less), dig them up, replant, and repeat. I’m a plant geek. I like a plant, I buy it (or seed for it) and in it goes." Were we seperated at birth? I would take out the tree, use the wood for firewood, and plant a new pretty tree somewhere else in your yard. Have you ever seen a tri-color beech tree? “I plop things in the soil, watch them for a season (sometimes less), dig them up, replant, and repeat. I’m a plant geek. I like a plant, I buy it (or seed for it) and in it goes.”

Were we seperated at birth?

I would take out the tree, use the wood for firewood, and plant a new pretty tree somewhere else in your yard. Have you ever seen a tri-color beech tree?

]]> By: Mary S. http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/01/contemplating-a-tree-ectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Mary S. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:10:34 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=643#comment-139 It doesn't seem to be well-placed. I'd cut it down and go with something smaller that would blend with flowers, a dwarf cherry maybe. Now, if you lived in my neighborhood, I'd just tell you to wait because we have a beaver living nearby that has been taking out birch and aspen like crazy. Imagine coming out into your yard one morning and where trees had been finding a bunch of gnawed toothpicks. Yikes! It doesn’t seem to be well-placed. I’d cut it down and go with something smaller that would blend with flowers, a dwarf cherry maybe. Now, if you lived in my neighborhood, I’d just tell you to wait because we have a beaver living nearby that has been taking out birch and aspen like crazy. Imagine coming out into your yard one morning and where trees had been finding a bunch of gnawed toothpicks. Yikes!

]]> By: Anthony http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/01/contemplating-a-tree-ectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Anthony Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:41:29 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=643#comment-138 My vote is for cutting the tree down but then planting two trees somewhere else. This way you get your shade and the tree hugger is satisfied too. I'm thinking about doing something similar by cutting down an out of control apple tree and then planting two paw paw trees. My vote is for cutting the tree down but then planting two trees somewhere else. This way you get your shade and the tree hugger is satisfied too.

I’m thinking about doing something similar by cutting down an out of control apple tree and then planting two paw paw trees.

]]> By: Nickie http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/01/contemplating-a-tree-ectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Nickie Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:40:18 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=643#comment-136 I say LEAVE IT!!! :) I wish I had a lot more nice healthy trees in my lawn.... There were none to begin with and all I can afford are twigs at this point LOL! I say LEAVE IT!!! :) I wish I had a lot more nice healthy trees in my lawn….

There were none to begin with and all I can afford are twigs at this point LOL!

]]> By: Pam/Digging http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/01/contemplating-a-tree-ectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Pam/Digging Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:51:34 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=643#comment-135 It would be gone in a skinny minute! Grow what you love. It would be gone in a skinny minute! Grow what you love.

]]> By: tina http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/01/contemplating-a-tree-ectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-134 tina Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:31:59 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=643#comment-134 I think I'd limb it up high and try to work with it by planting some shade plants with color. I think I’d limb it up high and try to work with it by planting some shade plants with color.

]]> By: Jenny http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/01/contemplating-a-tree-ectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Jenny Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:02:22 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=643#comment-133 Cut it down. It may be a nice tree, but it's just a tree. It would be no different from digging up, say, a yew, except taller. People plant trees all the time, so there's no reason to feel guilty about depriving the world of one, and it'll bother you for the rest of your stay in this house if you don't get rid of it and do what you really want to do with your yard. (If it were me, I'd keep it, but that's because I don't want to grow flowers--and my front yard is really only useful as a playground for the neighborhood kids. My backyard, where the veggie garden is, is partly shady, and I'd have cut down some trees myself if they didn't all belong to the neighbors.) Cut it down. It may be a nice tree, but it’s just a tree. It would be no different from digging up, say, a yew, except taller. People plant trees all the time, so there’s no reason to feel guilty about depriving the world of one, and it’ll bother you for the rest of your stay in this house if you don’t get rid of it and do what you really want to do with your yard.

(If it were me, I’d keep it, but that’s because I don’t want to grow flowers–and my front yard is really only useful as a playground for the neighborhood kids. My backyard, where the veggie garden is, is partly shady, and I’d have cut down some trees myself if they didn’t all belong to the neighbors.)

]]> By: Chookie http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/01/contemplating-a-tree-ectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Chookie Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:02:21 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=643#comment-132 If my block lacked trees to give height, I would be hesitant to remove it. I do wonder, though, if your chosen replacements will thrive in that spot, which is bound to be shady anyway (I am not familiar with either plant). The tree is not being seen to advantage, as it is so disconnected from the hedge. If I decided to keep it, I would plant a dark evergreen between the hedge and tree to show up the bark and make the tree look less like a lone toothbrush. In the foreground, I might try matching the autumn and/or spring foliage colours, though I might stick to a dark ground-cover like Ajuga reptans. If my block lacked trees to give height, I would be hesitant to remove it. I do wonder, though, if your chosen replacements will thrive in that spot, which is bound to be shady anyway (I am not familiar with either plant). The tree is not being seen to advantage, as it is so disconnected from the hedge. If I decided to keep it, I would plant a dark evergreen between the hedge and tree to show up the bark and make the tree look less like a lone toothbrush. In the foreground, I might try matching the autumn and/or spring foliage colours, though I might stick to a dark ground-cover like Ajuga reptans.

]]> By: Sharon http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/01/contemplating-a-tree-ectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Sharon Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:10:44 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=643#comment-131 Like Sheila, I'd cut it down and plant another somewhere else. Maybe a fruit tree? <a>http://www.moxiegardener.com</a> Like Sheila, I’d cut it down and plant another somewhere else. Maybe a fruit tree?
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