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Arborvitae - American
It may be sheared and shaped to fit into most every landscaping need. The scale-like leaves are abruply pointed. The leaf color is bright green above and pale green below and they may turn a yellow brown is some winters. The American Arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis, is a conifer evergreen tree that is widely used as an accent tree or as a privacy hedge tree. It is one of the most popular of all trees for windbreaks and year around privacy screening. When established it can stand considerable heat and drought. American Arborvitae trees have a broad pyramidal shape with erect branches that are dense and crowded together. This evergreen tree prefers a deep well drained site. ... additional info
White Walnut Tree is best known for the rich quality of its wood. White Walnut trees grows fast, especially as a seedling, but usually does not live longer than 75 years. This tree has a short trunk which is divided into a few ascending limbs with large spreading, sparsely forked branches. Nuts resemble Black Walnut, but smaller, with an oily, spicy flavor. Usually a taproot develops in deep soils. The White Walnut tree, Juglans cinerea, also known as White walnut and Butternut tree is a small to medium-sized tree. The crown is open, broad, irregular in outline and rounded at the top. The smaller branches tend to bend downwards and then turn up at the ends. The root system is composed of a number of wide-spreading laterals that grow to a considerable depth. |
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