My housemate’s room is in its own wing on the ground floor in the back of the house. The sun beats down on it and by the end of the day when he gets home it’s roasting in there.
The backyard is currently nekkid but there is dirt a few yards south of his room where I could plant a California Pepper Tree. In a few years it would grow big enough to shade his wing.
The pluses I see with a pepper tree:
-They can be pruned to assume a pretty, willow-like umbrella-shape (with the fine leaves they look a lot like willows anyway).
-They grow fast
-They are drought-hardy and apparently don’t need a lot of water
Has anybody had one of these and encountered any minuses? Any downsides to pepper trees besides the millions of little fallen leaves (which we won’t care about)?
There are a bunch of those down in the canyon near me (Penasquitos Canyon) and they look great. I see woodpeckers on them, I don’t know if that would bother you or if you would even get them as well.
There are a bunch of those down in the canyon near me (Penasquitos Canyon) and they look great. I see woodpeckers on them, I don’t know if that would bother you or if you would even get them as well.
There are a bunch of those down in the canyon near me (Penasquitos Canyon) and they look great. I see woodpeckers on them, I don’t know if that would bother you or if you would even get them as well.
There are a bunch of those down in the canyon near me (Penasquitos Canyon) and they look great. I see woodpeckers on them, I don’t know if that would bother you or if you would even get them as well.
There are a bunch of those down in the canyon near me (Penasquitos Canyon) and they look great. I see woodpeckers on them, I don’t know if that would bother you or if you would even get them as well.
* Grows very fast: IE needs frequent pruning
* Root issues: considered invasive
* Difficult to grow things underneath tree, because it sucks up a lot of nutrient in the surrounding
* Grows very fast: IE needs frequent pruning
* Root issues: considered invasive
* Difficult to grow things underneath tree, because it sucks up a lot of nutrient in the surrounding
* Grows very fast: IE needs frequent pruning
* Root issues: considered invasive
* Difficult to grow things underneath tree, because it sucks up a lot of nutrient in the surrounding
* Grows very fast: IE needs frequent pruning
* Root issues: considered invasive
* Difficult to grow things underneath tree, because it sucks up a lot of nutrient in the surrounding
* Grows very fast: IE needs frequent pruning
* Root issues: considered invasive
* Difficult to grow things underneath tree, because it sucks up a lot of nutrient in the surrounding
They make a friggin mess everywhere with the little red berries. I used to park my truck under one and the whole bed was filled with cast offs from the tree: leaves and berries.
They are kind of like Jacaranda….pretty to look at but I wouldn’t want one in my yard.
They make a friggin mess everywhere with the little red berries. I used to park my truck under one and the whole bed was filled with cast offs from the tree: leaves and berries.
They are kind of like Jacaranda….pretty to look at but I wouldn’t want one in my yard.
They make a friggin mess everywhere with the little red berries. I used to park my truck under one and the whole bed was filled with cast offs from the tree: leaves and berries.
They are kind of like Jacaranda….pretty to look at but I wouldn’t want one in my yard.
They make a friggin mess everywhere with the little red berries. I used to park my truck under one and the whole bed was filled with cast offs from the tree: leaves and berries.
They are kind of like Jacaranda….pretty to look at but I wouldn’t want one in my yard.
