DECIDUOUS TREES

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DECIDUOUS TREES

• Original PowerPoint Created by Howard Henderson
  
• Modified by Georgia Agriculture Education
  Curriculum Office
• June, 2002

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Functions Of Trees In The Landscape

• To provide shade - may reduce room temperature by
  20 deg.
• To frame the house
• Make the house the center of interest

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Function Of Trees

• To relieve bare spots
• End walls of houses often look bare
• To screen an object

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Function Of Trees

• To ensure privacy
• Screening a porch or terrace
• To frame a view

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Function Of Trees

• To accent the landscape
• Planting trees beside of fencing, brick walls, to
  break the monotony

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Windbreaks

• Tall evergreens are usually used
• Set on the north/north-west side about 50 feet
  from house

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Trees Groups By Mature Height

• Small deciduous - up to 35 feet
• Medium deciduous - 36-75 feet
• Large deciduous - 76 feet and over

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Small Deciduous Trees

• Japanese maple Weeping cherry
• Flowering dogwood
• Saucer magnolia
• Redbud
• Flowering crabapple

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Medium Deciduous Trees

• Weeping birch
• Shademaster honeylocust
• Red maple
• Crimson king maple
• Green ash

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Large Deciduous Trees

• Norway maple
• Sugar maple
• Thornless honeylocust
• Sweet gum
• Tulip tree
• Pin oak
• Red oak

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Characteristicsof Trees

• FORM refers to the shape of the tree.
• A tall, columnar tree is used to fill a
  particular landscaping need and fits in a smaller
  space
• A broad, spreading tree requires more room and
  has a different appearance and use in the
  landscape.

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Flowering And Color

• If and when a tree flowers the color of the
  blossoms are important factors in tree choices
• Some trees vary in leaf color from one season to
  the other,while others do not change at all

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TEXTURE

• Deals with the size of the leaves
• Large leaves appear to have a coarse texture,
  while small leaves give a fine textured appearance

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Height

• Is the average height to which that particular
  tree grows
• Depending upon size/type of house and function of
  tree in the landscape

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Hardiness Zones

• Zones give the average low temperature range for
  a particular area of the country

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Ways Trees Can Be Purchased

• Bare root
• Balled and burlapped
• Container grown

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Planting The Tree

• Should have 4-5 inches of topsoil under the roots
• Diameter of hole should be 1-1 1/2 larger than
  root ball

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Bracing The Tree

• Prevents wind from swaying and loosening the
  roots
• Helps keep the tree standing straight

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Fertilizer Placement

• Use 2 lb. Per 1 inch of diameter of tree trunk of
  5-10-5
• 2 ft. Apart around the dripline

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Mulching

• Use hardwood bark, pine bark, coconut husks
• Apply at a 3-4 inch depth
• Apply 2/3 of the distance from the tree trunk to
  the drip line of the tree