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Looking for a fast growing shade trees with colorful fall leaves to plant in Houston
Posted on 2/2/22 at 11:50 am
Posted on 2/2/22 at 11:50 am
My front yard small fruit tree died in the TX freeze last year and I'm looking to replace it with a large share tree. I'd like something that'll grow fast and will be colorful in the fall, but also will be resilient in the Houston climate.
Any recommendations?
Any recommendations?
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Posted on 2/2/22 at 11:54 am to PenguinNinja
Bradford Pear
Posted on 2/2/22 at 12:05 pm to blacykaty
+1
Posted on 2/2/22 at 12:12 pm to blacykaty
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Bradford Pear
No disrespect, but that's one of the worst trees you could plant. Trash. Weak limbs and nothing but problems.
Posted on 2/2/22 at 12:20 pm to blacykaty
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Bradford Pear
Limited experience here but I would definitely say not this. I couldn't cut ours down fast enough. Front yard dropped large limbs near the driveway and backyard started to drop limbs too. They're just weak trees that break easily.
Posted on 2/2/22 at 1:49 pm to sosaysmorvant
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No disrespect, but that's one of the worst trees you could plant. Trash. Weak limbs and nothing but problems.
They are fine for 10-15 years and then will begin splitting at the trunk/branch interface and subsequently dropping large branches. But they grow fast.
Posted on 2/2/22 at 2:15 pm to MikeD
And you can make a pretty good wine out of the pears.
Posted on 2/2/22 at 5:06 pm to PenguinNinja
Drake elm
Posted on 2/2/22 at 5:13 pm to blacykaty
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Bradford Pear
Seconded. This or water oak.
Posted on 2/2/22 at 5:30 pm to PenguinNinja
Chinese pistache
Posted on 2/2/22 at 5:39 pm to PenguinNinja
Fall color,
Chinese Pistache, a Texas Superstar selection LINK
Southern Sugar Maple, a Louisiana Superplant selection. LINK
Bradford Pear, no - for all the reasons listed by others. I had to remove mine several years ago for those reasons - replaced it with a C. Pistache, which has grown about 2 1/2 feet a year for the past 4 years which is pretty fast growth.
The Cleveland Pear has largely replaced the Bradford Pear in urban landscape plantings as its doesn’t have all the “nasty” characteristics of the Bradford. LINK
Chinese Pistache, a Texas Superstar selection LINK
Southern Sugar Maple, a Louisiana Superplant selection. LINK
Bradford Pear, no - for all the reasons listed by others. I had to remove mine several years ago for those reasons - replaced it with a C. Pistache, which has grown about 2 1/2 feet a year for the past 4 years which is pretty fast growth.
The Cleveland Pear has largely replaced the Bradford Pear in urban landscape plantings as its doesn’t have all the “nasty” characteristics of the Bradford. LINK
Posted on 2/2/22 at 9:41 pm to PenguinNinja
Tulip Poplar
Posted on 2/2/22 at 10:03 pm to PenguinNinja
Posted on 2/3/22 at 12:10 pm to PenguinNinja
Honestly you can get a nice variety of crape myrtle at a large size. Properly pried it can be a nice shade tree and the right variety is very showy in fall.
You also can’t kill crapes easily and it’s a fast grower
You also can’t kill crapes easily and it’s a fast grower
Posted on 2/3/22 at 7:27 pm to PenguinNinja
I have a nursery and grow lots of shummards. They are awesome trees. I’m just north of you.
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