Shade Trees - Fast!

[Conveyor Belt]

http://www.arboles.org/imagenes/arboles/dombeya_wallichii.jpg

Is this the tree?

[Conveyor Belt]

CULTURE: Parasol tree is easy to grow in a wide range of soils given a moderate amount of moisture and fertilizer. It is relatively drought tolerant.

PROBLEMS: Few serious problems other than the tree has weak wood and is relatively short lived. Some people think it is too coarse. I think it is an interesting looking tree, although I wouldn’t plant a lot of them.

PROPAGATION: Easy to grow from seed planted fresh immediately after maturing. They can be saved at cool temperatures for some period of time.

INSIGHT: Parasol tree is easy to grow from seed. It can become a pest from seedlings popping up all over the garden unless the beds are heavily mulched.

[mac]

I would love to have two or three of those. Is this the right time to try to plant (or transplant) something like that?

[Guru]

If you are willing to water you can put out trees now. But you have to be religious about it.

[Baloo]

Thanks for all of the info guys. I would love to plant some on different parts of my property! Hawkeye, I will have to come out with a shovel when I pick up my shrimp... :)

[Baloo]

Thanks for the pictures Hawkeye! They look like some that I used to have in my old front yard that we called "popcorn" trees. The blooms remind me of popped popcorn. They are very nice and as you said very quick growing trees that are perfect for property borders...

Alright guys, since all of you seem to know a lot about trees and gardening, is there anything that I can do with the several hundred peach tree sapplings that I have growing around my poor neglected peach trees? I have been wondering if I translpant them if they would continue to grow and if they would produce any fruit or if they would be barren... Any thoughts..??

[daisy]

I will take one or 2 or whatever Hawkeye.

Nicely done chicken coop.:clap:I like the banana plant also.

I also noticed in the last picture you have an old-timey wheed whacker or brush cutter.

My granddad had one of those.

[big john]

Hey hawk,is that sign that says gum an old porcelain ad sign?

[Hermione]

Baloo, that's a different tree than a popcorn tree. Popcorns are almost a weed tree, come up everywhere. They're a type of poplar, aren't they? Much smaller leaf.

[Baloo]

Thanks Hermione! You are right, the popcorn trees do have smaller leaves and yes, they are a type of poplar... Thanks for keeping me straight!

[eyescene]

Hey Hawk thats a very nice chic house you built there!!!:clap: I see an old sling blade oh my brothers hated that thing...then we got a lawn mower.

And my favorite fast growing tree is the Sycamore Tree
American Sycamore - Very fast growth with growth of 6 to 10 feet per year.

Easy to grow. Chop off the limb and dig a hole, plant and water! A good shade tree growes tall too,gets up to 80feet tall. :smt103

You can see a picture of it here (http://www.myhattiesburg.com/forums/showpost.php?p=291672&postcount=1) in my yard!

[Baloo]

Wow, eyscene! Thanks so much for sharing those beautiful pictures! Your back yard looks so peaceful... And, that supper looked positively scrumptious! What a talented lady you are! I think that I need to plant me a few shade trees in the back yard too...

[Maggie-Doodle]

I aint checked yet but dat tree dat CB posted a pic of looks more like a Japanese Tung Oil dan de Jap Umbrella. I haven't been able to justify de pink blooms on his pic, though the leaves look similar.

I have plenty of wild popcorn trees but I tink de umbrella is more prolific about sprouts. De birds and squirrel love dem popcorns.

I dunno Hawk...don't really think that CB's tree is a tung nut tree...too dense and the flowers are to dark a pink...in P.R. county we had hundreds of the tung nut trees and they were not nearly so upright or dense as the one in CB's pic..they were a little more airy looking, although they do have clusters of light pinkish white flowers. It is really hard to tell bout the picture though...if it is a tung nut tree it usually gets a large nut like fruit on it (non-edible) that is crushed and the oil extracted. The oil is what is used in paints/varnishes etc.

[daisy]

Baloo, the popcorn tree you are talking about may be a tallow tree. Leaves are yellow, red and other colors in fall. They sprout up everywhere.

Someone brought them to Prentiss and they are everywhere.

[daisy]

Thanks Hermione! You are right, the popcorn trees do have smaller leaves and yes, they are a type of poplar... Thanks for keeping me straight!

Baloo, here is your popcorn tree and they are NOT kidding when they say invasive.Tallow tree is a deciduous tree reaching 60 feet in height and 3 feet in diameter ... Tallow tree invades wet areas such as stream banks and ditches but can ...
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[eyescene]

Wow, eyscene! Thanks so much for sharing those beautiful pictures! Your back yard looks so peaceful... And, that supper looked positively scrumptious! What a talented lady you are! I think that I need to plant me a few shade trees in the back yard too...

Thanks Baloo! It was too easy! Hubby and I love to sit out there as often as we can.