Roll Gardening & Green
Trees: Why not plant one this Spring?
by Luanne Panarotti
Fall foliage ranging from apricot to deep red and smooth, grey streaked bark round out the annual display of this beautiful landscape tree. The Pawpaw, Asimina triloba, is a more unusual native; its large droopy leaves add a relaxed note to the landscape, and its edible waxy fruit has a banana-like flavor with other tropical notes.
Arbor Day is on April 25th. Why not celebrate by planting a tree in your yard? The poet Alexander Smith once wrote “A man does not plant a tree for himself, he plants it for posterity.” By choosing the right specimen for your home landscape, you can do both.
To learn more about trees:
www.arborday.org
www.treesaregood.com
Avoid using invasive trees in your landscape!
Visit www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov
for more information
or call your local Cornell Cooperative Extension office
Useful Books:
Dirr’s Hardy Trees & Shrubs: An Illlustrated Encyclopedia;
Michael A. Dirr, Timber Press, 1997
The Tree Book: Jeff Meyer, Scribner, 2004
The American Woodland Garden;
Rick Darke; Timber Press, 2002
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