Landscaping under trees
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Comments (2)Why not try a few ornamental grasses and see how it goes? If that is a fairly large tree, pruning the roots may interfere with its stability in wind. Perhaps you might want to talk to an arborist first. Sue...See MoreHelp with landscaping under/ around scrub oak trees
Comments (2)Although I have lived in neighborhoods with scrub oak I have never had any in my yard :( Vinca major grows very well under scrub oak and can get carried away. You may want to consider the smaller flowered periwinkle Vinca minor. I would not expect daylilies to do well because they like sun. If it was me I would try planting the hostas directly in the ground and see how they do. Some other plants that may do well are columbine, coral bells, spiderwort, and brunnera. Plant them a few feet away from the scrub oak if possible, allowing the plants to spread closer on their own. Poison Ivy also does well under scrub oak....See MoreWhat to plant under maple tree shade? English ivy? Other ideas?
Comments (44)Docmom, I have sent you some messages via Houzz messaging system. I assume you have not received them? I am going to try again. If you don’t get anything, please see if you have emails enabled. Thanks! To see your messages while on Houzz (rather than / or in addition to email) go to the upper right corner. Click on "your Houzz". In the drop down menu, click "your Ideabooks". On a header on that page, you will see "Messages". Click on that and you will see any messages in your Inbox. There's a menu at left for Sent messages and Received messages. It took me a while to find this! ;)...See MoreHow would you landscape this natural under-tree area?
Comments (20)Despite how pretty the flowering plants/shrubs look in a mock up, there is no guarantee they will thrive - or even survive - under these conditions!! That's one of the major drawbacks of this sort of cursory design input. Unless one can examine firsthand the degree of rootiness and soil moisture (or rather, lack of it), suggestions for large growing and water hungry shrubs and perennials are a bit of a joke. The sweetgums (Liquidambar) in particular are well known for the production of a lot of surface roots that makes planting anything of any size under their canopy extremely problematic. And both they and the pines are water hogs and will pull all available moisture out of the soil. This is a design issue I encounter on a daily basis. I live in an area with a lot of larger trees and with many lots that have these pockets of woodlands and know from more than 25 years of experience that groundcovers suited for dry shade conditions are the best choice. They are small enough so that one is able to dig a sufficiently sized planting hole though the tree roots and once established, are able to survive with that heavy root competition. Save the larger flowering shrubs - camellias, azaleas, hydrangeas, etc. - for the areas well away from the trees where they can receive the root-free, adequately fertile soil conditions and soil moisture they need to thrive....See MoreNHBabs z4b-5a NH
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