{"id":11108,"date":"2018-11-10T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=11108"},"modified":"2018-11-06T13:07:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T18:07:33","slug":"beware-of-fast-growing-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2018\/11\/10\/beware-of-fast-growing-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware Of Fast Growing Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Platanus x acerifolia<\/p><\/div>\n

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Silver maple in autumn<\/p><\/div>\n

Many\u00a0property owners\u00a0choose fast growing landscape trees. These large shade trees increase the value of your property. Their summer shade and wintry wind protection may reduce utility bills by\u00a020 – 25% . Trees\u00a0attract wild birds for nesting, protection, and as a food source. Some brighten up your landscape with dazzling fall color.\u00a0However, we may pay a price for the fast growth.<\/p>\n

Trees listed here are rated as fast growing. In general, most (not all) fast growing trees are weak wooded. Branches\u00a0may\u00a0break apart under ice or snow loads and in high winds. Their shallow roots may uplift or crack sidewalks.\u00a0Do not plant fast growing\u00a0species within 50 feet of your home as tree roots may\u00a0penetrate foundations and septic fields. This is particularly true for silver maples, cottonwoods, poplars, and weeping willows.\u00a0Some species are also\u00a0susceptible\u00a0to verticillium wilt, leaf anthracnose, and cankers; pests like scale and borers may be\u00a0troublesome\u00a0at times.<\/p>\n

Do not assume that\u00a0all listed species are troublesome. Those marked\u00a0by an asterisk (*) are superior trees\u00a0and\u00a0are highly recommended. All species are rated hardy in USDA zones 5-8.\u00a0Better cultivars are listed for a few species.<\/p>\n

Fifteen Large Fast Growing trees (25 feet or more high after 10 years)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Box elder (Acer negundo)<\/p>\n

*Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum<\/em>) ‘Silver Queen’<\/p>\n

Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima<\/em>) – rated an invasive species in\u00a0some states<\/p>\n

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Eastern cottonwood<\/p><\/div>\n

Common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis<\/em>)<\/p>\n

*Tulip poplar, tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Empress tree (Paulownia tomentosum<\/em>) –\u00a0rated an invasive species in\u00a0some\u00a0states<\/p>\n

*London Planetree (Platanus x acerfolia<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Sycamore, planetree (Platanus occidentalis<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides<\/span><\/em>)<\/p>\n

Lombardy poplar (Populus\u00a0nigra ‘<\/em>Italica’)<\/p>\n

Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica<\/em>)<\/p>\n

*Basswood, American linden (Tilia americana<\/em>)<\/p>\n

*American Elm (Ulmus americana<\/em>) ‘Washington’, Princeton’, ‘Jefferson’<\/p>\n

Siberian elm (Ulmus pumilo<\/em>) -rated an invasive species in\u00a0some states<\/p>\n

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Many\u00a0property owners\u00a0choose fast growing landscape trees. These large shade trees increase the value of your property. Their summer shade and wintry wind protection may reduce utility bills by\u00a020 – 25% . Trees\u00a0attract wild birds for nesting, protection, and as a food source. Some brighten up your landscape with dazzling fall color.\u00a0However, we may pay a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1360,657,1195,1361,1414,1292,650,1115,1208,816,853,623,627,721,1174,729,723,1076,1185,630,1002,1114,1153,7,1259,1,1454,1244,1078],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11108"}],"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=11108"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11139,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11108\/revisions\/11139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}