Landscaping Help, Aspen Trees Specifically

[rondog]

I had a tree guy come to the house once, and he essentially told me the same stuff....that aspens are basically weeds like sumacs, not really "trees", and they pretty much suck. They're high country thrivers, but down here they do horrible. He advised me to not spend a dime on them, and to get rid of them as soon as possible.

If you look around, you'll see lots of dead and fucked up aspens, that's not a good sign. Much better trees available.

[JohnTRourke]

Thanks for the response. I didn't know there was so much to consider! it's a 9000 sq ft lot and we aren't allowed to have a privacy fence, so the trees will be a "fence" providing us with noise and wind protection, along with providing us some privacy from the neighbors.

I guess most of your questions above don't really need to be answered right now, but I was more looking for which trees to consider to meet those needs.

so, you want more of a hedge?????
what about a juniper?, green all year, fill in nicely, create nice rows between houses, etc, require pretty much zero care, once you water them.

skyrocket juniper is one that comes to mind, narrow and tall, grows quickly.

[brutal]

Largest living organism on the planet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_%28tree%29 No way to really prevent the suckers I know. Like any tree root, they'll f*ck up flatwork too.

Mine are all starting to die off. I didn't help the dumbshit PO planted them too close to the house and they required aggressive pruning throughout the years. I will not be planting any more.

[Irving]

I have Juniper bushes, and while they are great for privacy, I really hate them.

[raz-n-co]

we had them and hated them. Kill them all when you can.

[JDF]

Hey guys, I just bought a lot to build on and would also appreciate some good tree advice. We have a pretty big budget for trees ($5000) because we value our privacy and we value wind protection, noise protection, and nice trees. What sort of trees do the best in Colorado and provide good protection from wind, noise, and the ugly house next door?

Autumn blaze maples, Autumn purple ash, Blue Spruce, and Austrian Pines are all great looking and pretty easy to grow trees. PM if you ever want some trees, I am a Landscaper with a LOT of contacts. Also if you want big trees my buddy has a tree spade.

[rondog]

Autumn blaze maples, Autumn purple ash, Blue Spruce, and Austrian Pines are all great looking and pretty easy to grow trees. PM if you ever want some trees, I am a Landscaper with a LOT of contacts. Also if you want big trees my buddy has a tree spade.

This is good to know! Nice to find a landscaper and tree guy here on the forums.

[JohnTRourke]

I have Juniper bushes, and while they are great for privacy, I really hate them.

You're probably thinking of a pfitzer not an upright juniper.

[Irving]

You're probably thinking of a pfitzer not an upright juniper.

I may be, because I like upright pine trees a lot more than the bush variety.

[T-Giv]

Any landscape company owners have some Aspen that they want to get rid of? I have the spot ready for planting and I need a half dozen or more. Despite all of the negative talk about them I am still going to give them a shot.