{"id":12919,"date":"2008-09-07T13:27:05","date_gmt":"2008-09-07T20:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/09\/07\/i-speak-for-the-trees.html"},"modified":"2008-09-07T13:27:05","modified_gmt":"2008-09-07T20:27:05","slug":"i_speak_for_the_trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/09\/07\/i_speak_for_the_trees.html","title":{"rendered":"I speak for the trees!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So one of our Decision Points for the front yard re-landscape is trees. The plan<\/a> has a large tree up top on the right corner of the patio, and two smaller trees, one in the middle off the sidewalk, the other in the upper left-hand corner by the driveway. Those are 20-30′ and 10-15′ range trees, respectively. Presumably the two smaller ones would be of the same species.<\/p>\n

We got one suggestion from the landscapers, and have done some further research on our own. The Internet is both wonderful for this and a huge problem, as it can easily lead to option paralysis (plus trees height can vary in estimate tremendously, as you’ll see, sometimes based, I think, on region, other times on species (mis)identification.<\/p>\n

So here’s what we have so far for options (we are, for reference, in USDA hardiness zone 5b<\/a>, Sunset Zone 2). We consider recommendations from the CSU Extension<\/a> and Plant Select<\/a> to be particularly noteworthy.<\/p>\n

The Big Tree<\/strong> <\/p>\n

WASATCH (BIGTOOTH, ROCKY MOUNTAIN SUGAR, WESTERN SUGAR, CANYON) MAPLE<\/p>\n