Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki' & Others
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ranjanir
Location: Washington, Puget Sound Corridor
Posted: Apr-29-2005 at 3:06pm I happened to choose a few plants today for my front yard and wanted folks' opinion on hardiness.
Salix Integra "Hakuro Nishiki" (Loved its color and the variegation) - is this hardy - how much of pruning does it need?
Katsura Pendula - I really love the Katsura tree and found a beautiful willowy form of it. How wide/tall does this grow in the PNW - and is the fall color as spectacular as the normal form (non weeping). Also - I am planning to plant this next to a paver walkway - built on a sand bed and not concrete. Will the roots dislodge the bricks?
Same question with a Japanese Maple - can it be planted right next to a paver walkway?
Thanks much,
Ranjani
P.S. I live in Bellevue (Seattle Eastside)
Ranjani
DebbieTT
Location: Washington, Kitsap Peninsula
Posted: Apr-29-2005 at 5:29pm
Ranjani, Welcome back!
Be careful to site the Willow far away from water lines, septic tanks and drainfields. They can reek havoc on them. The Katsura pendula is a beautiful tree, I am envious! I am not positive on Japanese maples, but many maples cause problems with walkways and driveways because of the roots. Perhaps MD will chime in on that question.
Garden Spider
Location: Washington, Puget Sound Corridor
Posted: Apr-29-2005 at 6:09pm
Originally posted by DebbieTT:
"Ranjani, Welcome back!
Be careful to site the Willow far away from water lines, septic tanks and drainfields. They can reek havoc on them. The Katsura pendula is a beautiful tree, I am envious! I am not positive on Japanese maples, but many maples cause problems with walkways and driveways because of the roots. Perhaps MD will chime in on that question."
We have a Japanese Maple situated very close to the driveway and cement walkway leading up to the house (just a couple of feet from each). The tree is quite large (6 to 7 ft tall, 8 to 10 ft diam.), but no problem with the roots so far.
Barb
hollysue
Location: Washington, Southwestern
Posted: Apr-30-2005 at 8:05pm
Does the same root warning apply to a Weeping Pussy Willow (Salix caprea 'pendula')? I was thinking of getting one to replace a butterfly bush I am pulling, but maybe not if this is the case. Drat - I have been wanting one of these forEVER and was happy that i finally had a place to put one.
Fern
Location: Washington, Western Cascade Foothills
Posted: May-01-2005 at 3:18pm
Definitely don't plant a pussy willow of any kind next to pipes or drains. Japanese maples aren't as bad but I still wouldn't put it near them. Concrete or houses are fine.
Fern
ranjanir
Location: Washington, Puget Sound Corridor
Posted: May-07-2005 at 3:09pm
Thanks for the replies. I fell in love with the Katsura tree and actually bought 2 (what the heck, it is just money - there is always place for a tree :) ). One weeping and one normal form!! I am *waiting* for them to arrive on the 9th.
Both of these are planted far away from Sewer and water lines.
A neighbor is giving me a blood-red (or is it blood-good ?) Japanese maple that she has grown from seed (and is now about 4 feet tall). I am am almost thinking that the sensible thing for this would be to leave it in a pot. Again - the case of seeing the tree and deciding that I will plant it - even if it means getting a container big enough for it.
Thanks for all the replies - and hopefully I am back for a longer period of time :).
Ranjani
bakingbarb
Location: Washington, Western
Posted: May-14-2005 at 8:58am
We have a weeping pussing willow, dwarf style and even though this is not the same as pipes, it can be dug around. What I mean is that you can dig in the flower bed around the it without running into roots. It is at the end of the flower bed, the other side of it is a fence that borders the paved driveway. The tree roots that are hard to dig around are hollies. UGH. I wonder how they are on pipes! Those buggers are everywhere and huge huge huge.
~BakingBarb
Garden Spider
Location: Washington, Puget Sound Corridor
Posted: May-15-2005 at 7:41am
BakingBarb, I can speak from experience about how hard holly tree roots are on pipes. A year ago in January, our holly tree finally broke the water line in the yard. It was a combination of very old pipe, and large tree root shoving the old, corroded pipe upwards until it finally cracked. We had to replace the line from the water meter into the house.
We are taking down the holly at the end of the month.
Barb
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