I accidentally a tree or three
Aug. 1st, 2022 08:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
boxofdelightsIt was like this, see: the city is having a Community Canopy event, where they buy 1000 trees from the Arbor Day Foundation, of various kinds that do well here. Citizens can buy them for $25 each, if they promise to plant them inside city limits and take care of them. They did this last year too, but I heard about it late in the day, and the species I would have been interested in were sold out.
This year I heard about it in the morning, and they still had cherry trees! I love the Northstar pie cherry I planted last fall! I put three Northstars in my cart and futzed around with their tool for choosing where, on your property, the trees will provide the most energy savings. (I don't actually have an air conditioner, so they will not provide energy savings, but I'm still interested in where they will provide shade.) Then I went to place my order and the Northstars were sold out!
They still had Montmorency cherries. I remember considering Montmorencies last year; I think I went with Northstar because that was what my local nursery had. I put three Montmorencies in my cart, filled out the rest of my info and agreements, and placed the no refunds, no cancellations, no kidding order.
Then I realized that I hadn't sited these trees or... checked how big they are. I tried to go back to the tool, but it just wanted to show me the order that I already placed.
My Northstar is a dwarf, 8-10 feet tall and wide. It will never tempt me, an old lady, to climb higher than is safe.
The Arbor Day site has dwarf (8-10'), semi-dwarf (12-15'), and standard (15-18') Montmorencies. I don't know which kind I bought! I may not find out until I pick them up on September 10!
Three dwarfs will fit nicely in my southeast corner. If they are full-sized I might (don't tell the city) have to plant two of them at my husband's house. Or I could offer one to each of my next-door neighbors!
This year I heard about it in the morning, and they still had cherry trees! I love the Northstar pie cherry I planted last fall! I put three Northstars in my cart and futzed around with their tool for choosing where, on your property, the trees will provide the most energy savings. (I don't actually have an air conditioner, so they will not provide energy savings, but I'm still interested in where they will provide shade.) Then I went to place my order and the Northstars were sold out!
They still had Montmorency cherries. I remember considering Montmorencies last year; I think I went with Northstar because that was what my local nursery had. I put three Montmorencies in my cart, filled out the rest of my info and agreements, and placed the no refunds, no cancellations, no kidding order.
Then I realized that I hadn't sited these trees or... checked how big they are. I tried to go back to the tool, but it just wanted to show me the order that I already placed.
My Northstar is a dwarf, 8-10 feet tall and wide. It will never tempt me, an old lady, to climb higher than is safe.
The Arbor Day site has dwarf (8-10'), semi-dwarf (12-15'), and standard (15-18') Montmorencies. I don't know which kind I bought! I may not find out until I pick them up on September 10!
Three dwarfs will fit nicely in my southeast corner. If they are full-sized I might (don't tell the city) have to plant two of them at my husband's house. Or I could offer one to each of my next-door neighbors!
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Date: 2022-08-02 10:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-08-02 03:16 pm (UTC)What a brilliant idea!
Date: 2022-08-02 04:22 pm (UTC)I wish we had that here!
Madison city arborists have had to cut down 80% of the ash trees infested w emerald ash borers — which were planted to replace the elms that died thanks to Dutch elm disease in the 1960s. At least they’re replacing with more than one species.
How long until you’ll have cherries to eat?
Re: What a brilliant idea!
Date: 2022-08-03 07:27 am (UTC)I got a couple handfuls of cherries this June from the Northstar I planted last fall! I need to learn how to use netting so the birds and squirrels don't eat them all before they're even ripe.