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  • From: Carolyn Ulrich <cultivated@sbcglobal.net>
  • To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Trees planted in landscape--life-span???
  • Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 22:00:10 -0600

I agree. What I have heard is that street trees have an average life of 10 years, but there you have very specific adverse conditions--restricted space for roots in planting wells, too much or too little water, excessive heat generated by sidewalks, vandalism.

The term "landscape-planted" seems very broad. Was the writer possibly referring to trees planted by landscape contractors?
I could imagine that some contractors do a poor job of tree planting, but again one shouldn't generalize from the shortcomings of some guys out there with a pickup and a shovel. In some states, including Illinois, there is now a rigorous certification program for contractors, and individuals who pass the written and practical tests have quite a high level of expertise.
Carolyn Ulrich

On Saturday, January 1, 2005, at 08:31 PM, Nan Sterman wrote:

Hi folks

 

I recently had one of my list-servs come across with this information: landscape-planted trees have a survival average of 8 years. Does anyone recognize this and can give me a reference?

 

Thanks for your thoughtful efforts.

 

Maryann Whitman, Editor-in-Chief

Wild Ones Journal

www.for-wild.org






Seems like a pretty far fetched statistic.  Did they specify type of tree, climate, care, public or private planting, anything specific?    To me this sounds like a gross overgeneralization...

N

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