by cooperyounggardenclub | Feb 19, 2017
Southern catalpa is primarily used today as a large ornamental shade tree. It is widely planted in urban areas as a street and lawn tree. Conservation uses include being planted in windbreaks. Some plant it to attract the catalpa worm, which are harvested and used as...
by cooperyounggardenclub | Feb 19, 2017
It is widely grown as an ornamental tree, often planted in parks and large gardens for its drooping foliage. Among Hindus, as the etymology of deodar suggests, it is worshiped as a divine tree.The inner wood is aromatic and used to make incense and distilled into...
by cooperyounggardenclub | Feb 19, 2017
The Cedar of Lebanon Pendula is a graceful variant which has a thin, column shape and long, stiff, blue-green needles. Branches are long and droop. It will grow to a height of 40’-60’ after 40 years. At maturity the crown will take on a flat top appearance. Bark is...
by cooperyounggardenclub | Feb 19, 2017
Hackberry, also known as Common Hackberry, Northern Hackberry, or American Hackberry, is a tree that frequents fencerows, fields, and wastelands, and grows naturally near bodies of water, including floodplains and drainage ditches. It is easily recognizable from a...
by cooperyounggardenclub | Feb 19, 2017
The mid-green foliage, which unfolds reddish purple in spring and turns glowing shades of yellow and apricot in fall, is a real feature of this beautiful tree from the woodlands of China and Japan. Fast growing, the Katsura quickly develops into a specimen tree with...
