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a picture would sure help ... ken

Ginkgos should germinate within about 4 to 6 weeks of appropriate temperatures. If you planted your ginko seeds in the fall and they didn't come up by mid spring, something went wrong. If you want to give it another try, collect fresh seeds, clean them very well, perform a float test (those that remain afloat after 4 to 6 hours are very likely bad), store in the frige in a damp (not wet) medium (sterile sand, coir, peat moss, vermiculite,...

Lacebark elm 'Bosque'?

Good suggestions on visiting the Botanic gardens. I go to the Chicago one 2x a year. Its where I get my ideas. I just haven't looked at the crabapples closely. Beaver Creek is a wholesale grower. Retail customers have to go through Kelm mail order...their prices are OUT OF CONTROL. Unless its a very hard to find plant, its probably on par with other mail order. Johnsons Nursery is one of my favorite nurseries. Right down the road....

Quite recent on the local market but I have already encountered 'Esk Sunset' in street-side gardens here well above my head in height, with the pointed top of a young maple of nearly normal vigor. It being a variegated form, with clownish leaf color patterns it is not the same type as 'Brilliantissimum' and 'Prinz Handjery', with pinkish new growth slowly turned into a stippled leaf that looks like it has a mite...

American Linden would be a possibility. Especially Redmond. The requirement I would sacrifice is the oval shape. I could go for something more conical. The problem with American linden is some sources say it's very drought tolerant while other sources say it's not drought tolerant at all. I tend to believe the latter as this is basically a mesic tree. This would be going in a hot sunny spot. The other big big big problem is the bees...

Yep, that's a horse-chestnut. " the kids have 3 nuts sitting on the porch.. wondering if i should make them disappear " Depends on how well-behaved they are. If they're good kids, don't make them disappear. 8-)

While a photo might be interesting to see, I doubt it would help much -- this is not an issue that can be satisfactorily addressed on a public forum. To successfully 'split' a tree of that age and size, you need professional advice and help. Contact several licensed, certified arborists in your area, those that are well-versed in hazard assessment, and see what they say. While 'splitting' like you describe sometimes occurs...

Resin, the USDA map shows Bur Oak native all the way down to the Corpus Christi area, whether that's correct or not I don't know ;) Scotjute, I was thinking that same thing about the roots. I've noticed lots of trees growing on heavy clay with a high water table seem to have a pancake type root system. I have really noticed this with Southern Magnolia, in sandy soil the roots go very deep, however in heavy clay they tend to stay...

Hi again ... Just took a break from over-wintering my few *Garden Divas* ... picked up just a bucketful more of the last few hundreds, still clinging tight! Just so you don't get too shy about growing one (nor too sorry for moi), here's a fun year, Fall of '07! 3 good yrs perhaps, out of the 10 & the earlier years, weren't as bad as this '09! The 1st bad year was in '05 ... gzzzilion tinier fruits ... I still...