{"id":10510,"date":"2018-03-26T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=10510"},"modified":"2018-02-02T20:31:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T01:31:02","slug":"four-large-street-trees-with-a-narrow-vertical-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2018\/03\/26\/four-large-street-trees-with-a-narrow-vertical-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Large Street Trees With A Narrow Vertical Look"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liquidambar ‘Slender Silhouette’<\/p><\/div>\n

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‘Arnold’ tulip poplar<\/p><\/div>\n

There is an old\u00a0saying that they\u2019re not making more land. This is particularly true in urban downtown areas where room to grow street trees is very limited. Here are four tall trees that also have a striking vertical accent. <\/strong>Their branching is upright. Because of their tall stature, they are particularly suitable planted along wide avenues or boulevards in urban areas. All 4 species adapt well to urban environs. They\u2019re also perfect\u00a0for small planting sites with no height restrictions (USDA hardiness zones 5-9).<\/p>\n

During the first two years following planting, all street trees should be irrigated during dry spells (or very\u00a02-3 weeks) from spring through late summer.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>\u2018Slender Silhouette\u2019 Sweetgum<\/strong> (Liquidambar styraciflua<\/em> \u2018Slender Silhouette\u2019) (USDA 5-9) is a columnar 35 to 50 feet tree that spreads only 8 feet wide. \u2018Slender Silhouette\u2019 produces very few nuisance gumball fruits so typical for sweetgum trees. Yellow to red fall color is exceptionally nice. Bark develops deep furrows as the tree matures.<\/p>\n

\u2018Beacon\u2019 Swamp White Oak <\/strong>(Quercus bicolor <\/em>Beacon) deserves more recognition. ‘Beacon’ is a tightly columnar cultivar with upright\u00a0branches and mostly disease-free foliage\u00a0compared to the species. Fall color is yellow and persists for 2 to\u00a04 weeks.\u00a0Its mature height\u00a0is 30 to 40 feet and 12 to 15 feet wide. This oak produces acorns\u00a0which might be a messy problem every 3 or 4 years unless picked up regularly curbside.<\/p>\n

\u2018Princeton Sentry\u2019 or \u2018Fastigiata\u2019 Ginkgo<\/strong> (Ginkgo biloba<\/em> \u2018Princeton Sentry\u2019) is a deciduous conifer (a true gymnosperm) that grows to 30-50 feet in height, although a rare mature 100 feet trees\u00a0is possible after a century or more. It features distinctive two-lobed, triangular or fan-shaped green summer leaves. Male trees (fruitless) should only be planted.\u00a0Foliage\u00a0turns bright yellow in fall. In most years, leaves drop rapidly and form a golden carpet around the tree.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>\u2018Arnold\u2019 tulip poplar <\/strong>(Liriodendron tulipifera<\/em> \u2018Arnold\u2019) is a upright (fastigiate) grower to 50-60 feet tall and 8 to 10 feet wide. Unusual light green and orange tulip-like flowers appear in late spring, most blooms hidden under tree\u2019s foliage. Fruits (seed pods)\u00a0have no value ornamentally. The furrowed gray bark is showy and offers significant winter interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is an old\u00a0saying that they\u2019re not making more land. This is particularly true in urban downtown areas where room to grow street trees is very limited. Here are four tall trees that also have a striking vertical accent. Their branching is upright. Because of their tall stature, they are particularly suitable planted along wide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,657,1218,910,1319,778,1391,645,674,806,1182,853,623,551,597,627,1084,791,843,951,601,729,777,1210,630,705,1002,781,7,1259,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10510"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10518,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10510\/revisions\/10518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}