So, it seems that a all the ash trees in my neighborhood on the city side have been marked for death because of emerald ash borer.
I have 3 Ash trees in my backyard, and we fear they may be a problem. The problem is we love these trees. They make excellent canopy shade over our whole backyard.. Taking out all three of them will ruin what our backyard is for us. As a redhead who loves outside, sitting in the backyard all day without having to worry about getting sunburnt is really important to me.
Any suggestions on what to replace them with? I would love to have some beautiful foliage trees, that DONT drop trash (no nuts, no large seed pods) We have 2 sugar maples and while they are nice, i find them boring.... So.. What else is there that makes great shade and is a relatively fast growing trees? (we are locked into this house for at least another 5-10 years)
Im looking for something that at maturity is at LEAST 25' wide x 50-60' tall.
We are going to have an arborist come out and look at the trees to see if we are safe, but im sure if the city has marked all of them in my neighborhood as being pulled, its for a reason.