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Old 04-06-2020, 11:43 AM
 
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I was thinking Thuja Giant but don’t how much I’ll have to maintain them. I want tall trees 20-25 ft with least amount of maintenance in Texas clay grounds. Would be nice for people to share their experience with privacy trees.

Thanks in advance!
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Old 04-06-2020, 02:59 PM
 
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My parents' home had Red Tip Photinia. They lived in that house for 30 years and it required very little maintenance. I drove by their old home recently and it's still there.
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Old 04-06-2020, 03:02 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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Red Tip Photenia are prone to disease.
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Old 04-06-2020, 03:18 PM
 
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Yes, we had Red Tip Photinias at two houses, at both houses they eventually got a fungus and all had to be removed. You can try treating them, but it's honestly an impossible task and you're just delaying the inevitable and wasting time and money. Neil Sperry is the TX guru for this stuff, look him up and see what he's currently recommending.
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Old 04-06-2020, 03:26 PM
 
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Yes, we had Red Tip Photinias at two houses, at both houses they eventually got a fungus and all had to be removed. You can try treating them, but it's honestly an impossible task and you're just delaying the inevitable and wasting time and money. Neil Sperry is the TX guru for this stuff, look him up and see what he's currently recommending.
Same exact thing for us twice.....two different homes.
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Old 04-06-2020, 03:51 PM
 
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I guess we were the lucky ones because we never had issues.
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Old 04-06-2020, 03:53 PM
 
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I guess we were the lucky ones because we never had issues.
It seems like Red Tip Photinias is a no go.
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Old 04-06-2020, 03:55 PM
 
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It seems like Red Tip Photinias is a no go.
Looks like it
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Old 04-06-2020, 05:05 PM
 
Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
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I was thinking Thuja Giant but don’t how much I’ll have to maintain them. I want tall trees 20-25 ft with least amount of maintenance in Texas clay grounds. Would be nice for people to share their experience with privacy trees.

Thanks in advance!

I'm partial to Texas Ash Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees . I have two, only watered them when they were very young, and in less than 5 years they exploded high and wide!


Another choice for a native species is American Arborvitae https://www.arborday.org/trees/treeg...cfm?itemID=776 . These are truly incredible, can easily be trained as hedges or left to grow tall and wide for a wall. They also do very well with little watering once established.
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Old 04-06-2020, 07:12 PM
 
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Another choice for a native species is American Arborvitae https://www.arborday.org/trees/treeg...cfm?itemID=776 . These are truly incredible, can easily be trained as hedges or left to grow tall and wide for a wall. They also do very well with little watering once established.
I was looking at the Thuja Aborvitae as well. Not sure if they are the same but it says they max out mature at 12 feet.
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