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Posted by EDS on November 28, 2007, 6:16 pm
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>>> Michael Bulatovich wrote:
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>>>>The Pawlonia is listed as an invasive species, and is banned in one of
>>>>the states of the north-east. I learned that from this thread.
>>>>
>>>>The Ailanthus, which we call "Stinky Tree", is a scourge in the cities.
>>>>I yank up several shoots every year, wherever I think I can get away
>>>>with it, but there's a 40-footer not 200 feet from here. My neighbor did
>>>>us all a favor and cut down a 50-footer on her property a couple years
>>>>ago. Ever see the roots on those things? You'd understand how they
>>>>establish themselves in a simple crack in the asphalt if you did.
>>>>
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>>> I lived in Baltimore City for 9 years a little over a decade ago. It
>>> was a scourge there, and very difficult to get up. I spent a lot of
>>> time trying to grow Victorian garden type plants without chemicals and
>>> to show my neighbors how to accomplish this, some plants of which I got
>>> locally from famlies of many generations. My garden was in back of a
>>> 1868 townhouse and I STILL regret not bringing some of the seeds which I
>>> left for the new owner, with me, for a particular kind of black mustard
>>> and an unusual range of coreopsis. I had rose varieties no longer seen.
>>> There had been several generations of Lithuanians inhabiting the house
>>> from the turn of hte 20th c. who had planted some interesting unique
>>> radishes....I had two dwarf pears....the neighbor two over had a couple
>>> of plums...
>>>
>>> :( (missing hte old garden plants and walkways......)
>>>
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>> When we lived in The South End of Boston, we had 2 of these guys in our
>> back yard, one about 60' and the other about 50'. Because the light was
>> restricted, they did not branch out for about 25'. I liked them because
>> they were tough and good but stinky shade trees. I had a client on Beacon
>> Hill in 1981 who roofed her 15'x15' rear garden with glass, but her 50'
>> tree of heaven went through the roof. We flashed up the tree with EPDM
>> and a giant adjustable hose clamp. About 5 years ago she called because
>> she had not loosened the clamp and the tree had broken it while
>> developing a waist. The tree had a watering system for the roots. That
>> was an interesting and fun job.
>> EDS
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> Sounds like it, but all that for a Stinky Tree?
>
She liked her tree. She said that her daddy had loved trees, he was an
executive for Weirhouser(sp?) Lumber ;-) The glass roof had panels that were
operating, but closed automatically when rain fell or the temperature
dropped below 55 degrees. The whole job was done from the 32" wide alley, as
she would not allow "tramping through the house". The street in front of the
house was only 10' wide anyway. Nice lady, but a bit spacey.
EDS
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