Well, considering it's going to take much more time & effort to get that damned stump out of the ground than I was expecting, I will be planting the sweetgum in the back where my Autumn Serviceberry croaked. It'll have plenty of space to grow there.
I really want either a Mimosa or a Brandywine Maple. That's what I've got my heart set on, so I probably won't be putting in a tree this year as it's already too hot to be planting them anyways. I really don't know where I'll be getting the mimosa... none of the nurseries here carry them and I've only seen one in the entire Denver metro. But it's a tree from my childhood and I want one! I had one 3 years ago.. it grew nicely, survived the winter well, then we had a massive coldsnap where it went from 60 degrees that day to -15 that night. Lost SOOOO many trees with that snap.
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Plus a Brandywine maple stays super small, so that's a great advantage for me. Only problem is finding one (again!). Locusts get too big too fast. I have a baby Sunburst locust in the back and it's growing nicely.. should be shading part of my house within 2 years.
Maybe I'll just leave it blank & put in lots of roses? I could do that...
