{"id":7995,"date":"2015-09-18T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7995"},"modified":"2015-09-06T12:42:42","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T16:42:42","slug":"six-notoriously-weak-wooded-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/09\/18\/six-notoriously-weak-wooded-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Notoriously Weak Wooded Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Almost any time is a good time to plant\u00a0trees – weather permitting. Sort through many great choices and avoid planting weak wooded species. These six tree species are generally short-lived, messy, and insect and\/or disease susceptible. A few may also be designated invasive in your state.<\/p>\n

Ornamental or Callery pears\u00a0(Pyrus x calleryana<\/em> (\u2018Bradford\u2019 and other cvs.)\u00a0are popular medium sized flowering tree. In very early spring its upright branches are blanketed with white flowers. This fast growing tree develops weak branch crotches that self-destruct in stormy or windy weather. Ornamental fruits are eaten by birds that distribute the seeds. Ornamental pears\u00a0may become invasive (USDA hardiness zones 4 – 8).<\/p>\n

Silver maples (Acer saccharinium<\/em>) have a short life span\u00a0and a rapid growth rate compared to other large maple species. At maturity,\u00a0a typical silver maple\u00a0may reach up to 60-80 feet in height. Seedling types possess weak branches which tend to break\u00a0in ice storms or high winds. Some improved hybrids and cultivars such as \u2018Silver Queen\u2019 exhibit a sturdier framework.<\/p>\n

Weeping willows (Salix spp.<\/em>), including corkscrew willow (S. matsudana<\/em> \u2018Tortuosa\u2019), are weak wooded.\u00a0During the spring and summer, willows drop lots of twig and leaf\u00a0debris. Willows are susceptible to numerous disease and insect problems (USDA Plant Hardiness Zones\u00a04b – 8).<\/p>\n

Siberian elms (Ulmus pumila<\/em>)\u00a0are very large fast growing weak-wooded tree (100 feet not uncommon). They’re exceptionally messy and\u00a0litter turf and ground areas\u00a0year-round. As its name hints,\u00a0species is extremely cold hardy, but is not heat tolerant in Southern U.S. landscapes (USDA Plant Hardiness Zones\u00a04\u00a0– 8).<\/p>\n

Mimosa trees (Albizia julibrissin<\/em>) develop into a lovely summer flowering small tree with pink feathery flowers and fine textured foliage. Unfortunately,\u00a0these summer-flowering trees are short-lived, weak-wooded, and seeds in readily from trees many miles away (USDA hardiness zones 6 – 9).<\/p>\n

Poplars and cottonwoods (Populus spp<\/em>.) grow up to 5 feet to 8 feet a year, some species reaching 40 feet to 60 feet in height. Their weak branches\u00a0spread 20 feet to 35 feet apart and are\u00a0dangerous to house and autos.\u00a0Leaves and branches\u00a0are highly susceptible to numerous diseases and insects. In rural areas poplars are often planted in rows as windbreaks along perimeters of properties (USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 3\u00a0– 9).<\/p>\n

In summary, most quick-growing trees are weak wooded, produce lots of seeds and\/or\u00a0messy fruits, root sucker badly, and are\u00a0disease and insect\u00a0susceptible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0                 Almost any time is a good time to plant\u00a0trees – weather permitting. Sort through many great choices and avoid planting weak wooded species. These six tree species are generally short-lived, messy, and insect and\/or disease susceptible. A few may also be designated invasive in your state. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[772,634,650,879,5,816,1129,627,1174,1059,601,723,1185,630,7,1244,1078],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7995"}],"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=7995"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8011,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7995\/revisions\/8011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}