Monday, June 3, 2013

Crimson King, Is Queen

Although the day started earlier than preferred, it's been an amazing start to our summer break. The sun is back, veggies are happy, and things are coming out. Like these four tree's below:


This little corner has heard much conversation about how it's utilized. It provides so much privacy, homes for little critters, and hunting cabins for the beast of the house. In keeping with the current theme of finally starting fresh all around, we decided it was time. Mixed in between these four small trees, were different sages, roses, blackberries and vines straight out of the bowels of hell. 




Bye-bye privacy! Lucky the other side of the fence is the corner of our neighbors lot and the dead end of an alley so as far as sudden lack of the privacy we were used to goes, it's really not too bad. I got rays of sun in the living room from the back yard for the first time since living here. What a difference!




So then we planted this beauty. It's a Crimson King Purple Norway Maple. This little tree has been after my heart for about 2 years now. It seeded in the front yard, in a spot it would never be able to stay in. I kept cutting it down, and pulling what I thought were all the roots, but it just kept coming back. It refused to go away, or die, instead it just thrived and constantly tried to get my attention. So after another round of discussions, we decided it deserved to be planted somewhere where it could really take off. We plan to turn all that area into grass, and plant along the fence line evergreens that will grow to be about 15 feet tall (in many years to come). Still in the early stages of getting all the stumps out of the ground plus the vines, it might be a while before we get grass seed down and more trees in the ground, but I think it's already an improvement. 



Here's what the leaves look like. This tree should grow between 20 and 35 feet tall, and can be anywhere from 15-25 feet wide. Wish our little tree the best of luck!

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