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I NEED YOUR HELP!!! DAD AND I ARE GOING TREE SHOPPING THIS WEEKEND. I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO REALLY RESEARCH TREES SO I AM ASKING FOR YOUR INPUT AS TO WHAT KIND OF TREE (BESIDE PALM) WE SHOULD PLANT OUT FRONT. WE ARE OPEN TO ALL SUGGESTIONS AND CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT YOU SUGGEST. THANK YOU!!!
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You should plant Banzai bushes...
My suggestion after 5 mins of research would be either some kind of maple or black walnut tree. Unless you're doing small trees, you might only want one or maybe two new ones. Here is a good link to "drought resistant" trees with sketches of them:
http://www.coloradotrees.org/News/Drought%20Tolerant%20Trees.pdf
I like Dogwood trees. There are many different types which gives you more options on size, color of the bloom, etc. Not sure how well they do in dry enviroments.
Bill
So many choices...but you need something that will look good on a corner too. I think my fav is still some type of evergreen and my second choice would be a dogwood. There's a really pretty tree a few houses down from yours on the other side of the street. It's all covered in white flowers but it's in the middle of the yard...not sure how it'd look on a corner. It may be some type of dogwood??? Good luck!! :)
The tree we have out front by the sidewalk is a Lollipop Crab. It does have little tiny crabapples on it, but the birds love them. It doesn't get to big and shapes like a lollipop.
My other suggestion would be a peach tree. They do have some that fall in your hardiness zone and they don't get too big.
The problem with some of the suggested trees is that they get REALLY big. Being so close to the sidewalk and driveway, I would be cautious about getting a big tree.
Have you considered a shrub or flowering bush? I'm not sure what the zone is for a Plate Hibiscus, but I love it because it gets quite large for a bush, but I get to cut it back every year and clean out around it. The Burning Bush is pretty, boxwoods are nice too.
Or you can completely scrap the tree idea and put in either a flower or vegetable garden. Good sun in that spot and your front yard has sprinklers right? I just put in some ornamental vegetables...we'll see how it goes, I have no idea if it will work, but I put in Artichokes, caulifower, red cabbage, flowering cabbage and broccoli.
If it doesn't work out this year, I will probably replace with lilies and other perenials, like my other garden.
Another pretty bush is the red barberry bush.
In case you didn't know, Colorado Springs hardiness zones range from 2-6 depending on area. I would pick 4 and stick close to it.
Check out www.springhillnursery.com. The have some great pictures of different plants along with their zones. Hope it helped.
YOU GUYS ARE GREAT!!!! THANK YOU.....NOW I HAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS TO START WITH.
My first thought was to get dogwoods. They actually grow here in Idaho as cold as it is, and I loved them in Maryland too. I've seen them growing in the Springs as well. I like them because they don't grow very large, so you don't have to worry about a large tree(s) hiding your house versus complimenting and accenting your house. Plus dogwoods have beautiful blossoms.
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