El Sequero

Trees and yet more trees

I think it is about time I documented the trees that we planted over the last 4 or 5 years.

While most of the trees I plant are "native" to the area, Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) European Hackberry (Celtis australis) the Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and the Pyrenean Oak (Quercus pyrenaica) we have also planted a number of exotic trees.

In general the trees we plant tend to be trees that will withstand central Spain's hot dry summers, those trees less drought resistant, as in the case of the beech tree (Fagus sylvatica), we plant where we know they will get the water they need ie on the lawn or within reach of our drip irrigation system.

So here is a listing and in no particular order with the dates they where planted more or less and the number of specimens. I'll update this with notes and of course new additions (deaths) as time goes on.

Chinaberry (Melia azedarach)
Planted in 2009
7

Silver Wattle (Acacia dealbata)
Planted 2006
1

Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
planted 2008-2009
4

Small leaved lime (Tilia cordata)
planted 2008
1
Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
planted 2009
1

Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica)
Planted 2008
1

Walnut Tree (Juglans regia)
Planted 2008-2010
3

Golden raintree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
Planted 2009
1

Mountain Elm (Ulmus glabra)
Planted 2007
1

Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
Planted 2006
1
Died 2008

Canadian Poplar (Populus x canadensis)
Planted 2006
1
died 2008

Boxelder Maple (Acer negundo)
Planted 2006
1

Field Maple (Acer campestre)
Planted 2007
1

Spanish chestnut (Castanea sativa)
Planted 2008
2
as of 2013 only one has surviced

Indian horse chestnut (Aesculus indica)
Planted 2006
1

Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis)
Planted 2006
2

Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
Planted 2009
1

Holly Oak (Quercus ilex)
Planted 2009
1

Judas Tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
Planted 2006
1

Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo)
Planted 2006
1

Pomegranate (Punica granatum)
Planted 2006-2008
2

Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)Planted 2007
1

Common fig (Ficus carica)
Planted 2006-2009
3

Olive tree (Olea europaea)
Planted 2006
1

Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica)
Planted 2008
4

Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)
Planted 2009-2010
2

Common Hazel (Corylus avellana)
Planted 2007-2008
2

Apple tree (Malus domestica)
Planted 2008-2010
2

Japanese flowering crabapple (Malus floribunda)
Planted 2008
1

Pear (Pyrus spp)
Planted 2008
1

Cheery (Prunus spp)
Planted 2010
1

Japanese Persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
Planted 2010
1

Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica)
Planted 2011
1

Mulberry (Morus alba)
Planted 2011
4

Weeping willow (Salix × sepulcralis)
Planted 2012
1
died 2012


Honey locust(Gleditsia triacanthos)
Planted 2012
1


Still in the nursery


more Indian Horse chestnuts, update 2013 not any more, they can't survive the summers here, so I've stopped this experiment

Siberian Elm (Ulmus pumila)
Cork Oak (Quercus suber)

lot's of Australian natives
etc