"Kurt Petro" wrote
"cshenk" wrote

I'd like something that grows about 20-30 ft, and is hardy and stable in
wind storms. I take that to mean slow growing and deep rooted. Apple

I have a Cleveland Select Flowering Pear. Years ago the city put in the
Bradford Pear for street trees. The Cleveland is a superior tree for
ice/snow & wind, compared to the Bradford. You can see the difference in
my tree & what the city put in. The Bradford's should really be taken
down, they keep breaking. I "assume" you had a Bradford?

Yup. Lovely thing. Come spring, people would stop cars just to glance at
it as they drove by.

Also have 3 Crimson King Maples, these are a very slow growing tree, and I
love the color of them. However, the Crimson doesn't have the vibrant
colors in the fall, like other maples. In fact, they are pretty ugly in
the

Humm! Another to check and thanks!

I have a Silver Maple, which I must take down. These are a very quick
growing tree, but split very easily in high winds and just about under all
conditions. I would not plant another one of these.

Not a good deal here. Silver maple are a good bit of the saplings we find
weeding out of our container garden and other spots. Cedar too. Found 3
cedars in the lettuce container garden box. Oh, if I want a dogwood, I just
have to plant it partly under the oak tree.

I have an American Redbud, which is really nice when in bloom. It's a
choice worth looking at.

This or tandem apples is where we seem to be centering.

Also have a Purple Leaf Plum (none fruit bearing), which I keep pruned
back. These produce a nice colorful bloom in the spring. But, the Japanese
Beetles love the sweet purple leaf. This replaced a Kousa Dogwood, which
died off.

Too much sun for the dogwood? Out in nature in Virginia, they grow wild all
over, but always under the canopy of a larger hardwood.

My apple tree...I'm not crazy about, but the deer sure love it. I just
took

Issues were suckers I gather?

All my trees were from a 2" to 2-1/2" caliber when planted, except the
Silver Maple which was planted from a seed.

Snicker, seedling maples, oaks, cedar and hawthorn I can snag from my own
yard. In fact, I'll probably have to weed them away from the open dirt
where the flowering (Bradford) pear was come spring.