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Bless His Heart/ Need Tree Recs
So we have a really tall entry that faces West and 9' tall double wood doors.
(terrible picture; before construction was finished)
Every day that door bakes. DH is worried about the expansion and loss of moisture. So yesterday when I was in class, he went and picked up this:
It's the same width and color as the doors, and rolls down 8'. Yall, he was going to mount it in the door frame to lower during the day. Seriously. Yes, I made him take it back.
We know we need to plant a few trees in the front yard for shade, but there needs to be an interim solution. I told him we could get a few oversize pots and put bushy trees on the inside of the columns. It may block the path a bit, but we don't really care.
So does anyone have any tree recs? Any recs on where to even buy trees for a reasonable price other than HD/ Lowes? I need to find something that's already pretty full, unlike the puny Crepe Myrtles I've seen in the containers.
Re: Bless His Heart/ Need Tree Recs
Ha ha haa! That is such a dude solution.
People at the office have recommended Ted's Trees, although I don't have any experience with them.
I think a nestie may be somehow related to Sledd Nursery? (I vaguely recall someone who had "sledd" in their name.) I've driven past it several times, though I don't know if they have trees.
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I could see my DH doing something like that, too.
I highly recommend Central Texas Tree Care. They really know their stuff. We haven't had them plant anything new yet, but we've had them out to trim branches, fertilize our trees, and recently take down one that died.
omg. He didn't!! That is such a man solution. :P
Maybe some sort of temporary trellis in pots? I know the natural gardener had some big vine-y stuff a few weeks back, but I don't know about now. They might also have other solutions for you.
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One of my favorite native trees is a Mountain Laurel. They're kind of shrub-like, so they are dense at about the height you're talking about, but they do grow taller (although they grow slowly). They also have really nice purple flowers in the spring that smell kinda like grape bubblegum. I know you can get them at Lowe's, HD and Natural Gardener -- the ones that are bigger are more expensive, of course (like maybe $85 each last time I looked for one that already looks like a tree). It's also evergreen and doesn't need a lot of water, so it won't drop its leaves in the winter and can stand the drought.
Here's more info about mountain laurels: http://www.plantanswers.com/mtn_laurel.htm