Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Tall & Narrow "Canopy" Tree for backyard? 21Jun 01, 2010 9:46 pm Good choices Dave - Capital pear is a fantastic ornamental pear, great branch attachment unlike a few earlier cultivars. Just make sure you have the right position for the Japanese Maple out the front, wouldn't want hot afternoon sun! Good luck with your plantings! Re: Tall & Narrow "Canopy" Tree for backyard? 22Jun 01, 2010 10:32 pm bails Good choices Dave - Capital pear is a fantastic ornamental pear, great branch attachment unlike a few earlier cultivars. Just make sure you have the right position for the Japanese Maple out the front, wouldn't want hot afternoon sun! Good luck with your plantings! Thanks for the vote of confidence The maple will be shaded by the house from the direct sunlight during most of the day so it will only see the early morning and very late afternoon/evening sun. It shouldn't get too much win either so hopefully it does well. I'll get some photos up when we finished the front and rear, so far we're about 50% done. If you're in a flood zone, not only are you dealing with the importation of fill and laying it down in 150 lifts to achieve compaction, you're going to have to consider… 4 5537 Thanks again for this information. If you do hear anything different, would be great to know 4 8256 dimensions on your original plan are inconsistent and with accurate dimensions (including site plan, upstairs and down) i could make a proper scale drawing with furniture… 3 7521 |