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Posted by Roberta on June 21, 2007, 8:11 pm
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varieties have very nice edible fruit, but they are not deciduous.
One of the deciduous stone fruits could be an option, providing we can get a
variety that can cope with our very hot summers.
Thanks!
~Roberta~
>> Hi everyone
>>
>> Recently we had to remove a 2 year old Chinese Tallow (Sapium sebiferum)
>> tree from our courtyard, because its roots were beginning to push up the
>> brick paving and were heading towards the house.
>>
>> We had planted it as we had been told it was fairly safe in proximity to
>> sewer pipes etc., and also because in our warm climate (coastal mid-west
>> of Western Australia) it is one of the few deciduous trees which gives
>> some lovely autumn colour. It can get fairly hot in summer here, and the
>> tallow tree coped with this very well with the heat.
>>
>> We need to plant a tree, with a non-invasive root system, which will
>> provide shade on the east side of the house during summer, and which will
>> not grow too large. Our soil is red clay - high in nutrients - and most
>> things we plant grow very robustly - when provided with some water during
>> summer.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> ~Roberta~
>
> i'm wondering if you've thought about a fruit tree of some kind...? many
> of them are attractive (well, attractive enough ;-) and you can pick the
> size you want & prune it into the shape you want. and you get fruit!
>
> apparently apricots will actually do much better than they otherwise would
> if you box in the roots when you plant it, too.
> kylie
>
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