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RE: small trees that make a statement

Posted 562 days ago

Hi Susie, have you thought of Crepe Myrtle 'Indian Summer'? It is drought and frost tolerant (although not tolerant of super strong frosts), comes in various sizes and has awesome flowers from late spring - mid-autumn.
if you type in the above name in Google or whatever, you will come up with quite a few searches. hope this helps.
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RE: small trees that make a statement

Posted 562 days ago

Golden Rain Trees are a lovely street tree, you see them on many streets here in Toowoomba or another thought is the Chinese Tallow. I have a long driveway and have to rely purely on the heavens for water so am interested in what others have to suggest.

Cheers

RE: small trees that make a statement

Posted 557 days ago

I love my albizia - I think it may be Hawaiian originally. We cut off the main stem about shoulder height and it now weeps beautifully over the drive. In spring it looks like fluffy pink chickens sit all over it.

However, it does have lots of seed pods and drops all its leaves for winter :)
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Of all the wonderful surprises in life, none is better than seeing that first shoot tear out of the earth and form into a wonderful plant and vegetable.. .

small trees that make a statement

Posted 557 days ago

Is the Golden Rain Tree an Invasive type and on the weed list? Or is that something else?
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Of all the wonderful surprises in life, none is better than seeing that first shoot tear out of the earth and form into a wonderful plant and vegetable.. .

RE: small trees that make a statement

Posted 554 days ago

This is my first post on here. I have just googled the Crepe Myrtle and I think I have just fallen in love with this tree! I didnt know it came in different shades of red and purple too. My wife and I are getting a house built in a few months... we will have about 400 Sq Meters to landscape in the back yard and it looks like this tree will be a nice focal point for the corners of the back. We will do some more research on this tree, but I'm really liking it. Thanks Organic Thumb:)