Planning Your Urban Garden: More Trees for The Roadside
Yesterday, I began to list trees that would be a nice addition to an urban garden, especially a garden that is situated alongside the road. Cars generate a lot of air pollution, and some plants and trees can withstand higher and more concentrated levels of air pollution, so why not set yourself for success when planning a new garden plot (or replanting an already existing space) and make the right choice of tree to add to your garden.
More Trees
Fringe Tree: A pretty smaller tree that grows from 12 to 20 feet with a 10 to 20 feet spread. It is also a slow grower, so you can plant one and sit back for a while without having to prune it back heavily in order to keep it appropriate for a smaller urban space. Also, it grows wide and loosely, so it shouldn’t create too much shade for other plants in the plot. It flowers in the spring, and produces blue fruit in the fall. Oh, yeah, and birds like the fruit, so that is always a bonus.
The fringe tree (at above left and right) gets its name from the fringe-like flowers it produces in profusion in the early spring.
The Double Almond: Another early bloomer and the double means that there are double the petals on the flowers, so they are fuller and frilly and a welcome sight in spring. The almond is a member of the rose family, so the little flowers look like little roses in a way. And yes, the almond tree produces almonds, and almonds are not only tasty, but good for you. The tree needs bees to pollinate, so your prunus dulcis would also be a good attraction to bees, which are good for everything else in your garden, too.
You can see some almond trees in an orchard in the picture above. They are smaller, growing about 15 feet tall.
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