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From: MSN NicknameJust_Jess_too  (Original Message)Sent: 10/14/2008 2:33 AM
Having a blank slate to work from its been a real chore picking out landscape trees for my yard.  For some reason I am drawn to all these weird type of trees that droop or grow really skinny and tall...I dunno...they just seem so visually pleasing to me.......Hubby held me in check and kept me to pines across the back fence line but I found some scotch pines that had interesting shapes. I dont like a perfect pine..I like one with space between branches etc..sorta like a 'charlie brown christmas tree thing'..AM I just WEIRD??
 Anyone have some good ideas for me on landscape trees?
  Jess


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From: MSN NicknameRedi_ks1Sent: 10/14/2008 2:51 AM
Smat guy there...your husband, JJ. Good thinking to use pines or cedars around the perimeter of your property. Makes sense since the promote cooling of breezes in the summer and put a damper on those cold north winds in the winter. Maybe some lower story trees in the rest of the property such as redbud, flowering crab and dogwood...etc.

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From: MSN NicknameJust_Jess_tooSent: 10/14/2008 2:57 AM
Yes Redi...he was and I am glad he stood his ground..they are very pretty now that they are planted.  I love flowering dogwood..maybe Ill use a couple up near my porch..I hope they are hardy in my climate. I am sure the nursery folk will tell me if they arent. 
 
Have you ever seen those droopy pines I am talking about?  I saw them in landscape somewhere but cant remember where.  They were tall slender and very droopy..I dont know the name of them to ask ...but would love one planted at the west corner of my front landscape near the house.
JJ

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From: MSN NicknameẄỉtçђ�?-©Sent: 10/14/2008 3:09 AM
just for something to think about
I have austrian pines
scotch pines
alberta pines
colorado spruces
balsam and
a nootka in my yard
and when there are say more
then 12" or so between branches
as they grow, experience has shown
me its from stress, too much rain
while they were growing up or drought
 
which weakens a sapling, so........just
so you know what to look for

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From: mtnwoman45Sent: 10/14/2008 3:12 AM
Im with you jess! I love those skinny little, droopy, weeping pines and flowering trees. I think theyre amazing. For a number of years, one was my Christmas tree! It was a weeping spruce.
Theyve got such charactor!
mw

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