Tree Basic
Question:
I am looking for a tree that will be fairly quick growing and be tall narrow form factor - mainly to block view from neighbors so it needs to grow to be 50 ft+.
I was looking at the Populus x 'Red Caudina' but I don't want cotton from a tree and from what I understand even these trees will throw cotton after about 7 years. Any other trees that fit this bill?
By the way, I live in eastern Nebraska.
Answer:
From our Forum.
There are a bunch of trees that fit the bill. Unfortunately they aren't always that easy to come by. I don't know how well all of these will do in your area as I cut & pasted the following list from another forum where I recently chimed in. So research these and see which ones you like.
Very narrow growing trees are called "Columnars" so if there's a tree you like you can type into google "Columnar + Tree name" to find out if there is such a thing.
- Apollo Sugar Maple 8x25
- Fastigiate Tulip Poplar 15x60
- Princton Sentry Ginkgo 15x60
- Frans Fontaine European Hornbeam 15x50
- 'Armstrong' Freeman's Maple
- 'Bowhall' or 'Karpick' Red Maple
- 'Fastigiata' or 'goldspire' Sugar Maple
- 'Prairie Pride/ prairie sprire' Ash
- 'Musashino' Zelkova
- Corinthian Linden
- Columnar English Oak
Evergreen columnars...
- Fastigiate White Pine
- Leyland Cypress
To avoid planting near houses....
- Lombardy Poplar
- Aristocrat pear
- Norway maples, any cultivar and there are many
