Well I did it. I removed all of the deciduous invasive trees.

[Anonymous]

Can’t believe how barren the backyard looks but gotta break some eggs to make an omelette. Now on to the fencing and evergreens!

[Anonymous]

Yay! Congratulations! I know how hard that it and just how barren it looks. That will change! Stay strong!

[Anonymous]

Good luck with your long term plan! I am a new gardener and I'm still figuring out how much patience is needed.

Which invasive trees did you have? I am trying to identify the trees in my yard.

[Anonymous]

Congrats!

I’m also curious what kind of trees you had.

[Anonymous]

OP. They were Norway Maples, also a tulip tree and a tree of heaven.

[Anonymous]

I kept a mature elm.

[Anonymous]

Thanks to everyone for the support! I encourage other to do the same! As a bonuses my yard now feels so much larger—fencing people coming this week to give a quote.

[Anonymous]

Tulip poplars are native to this area?

[Anonymous]

Tulip poplars are native to the area. They do throw limbs easily, and aren't the best option near houses, though. Unless you had a very young Tree of Heaven that you were able to uproot, it will be back. And unfortunately, it will be back by the hundreds.

[Anonymous]

Now you can add native trees like redbud, oaks, dogwoods et.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tulip poplars are native to the area. They do throw limbs easily, and aren't the best option near houses, though. Unless you had a very young Tree of Heaven that you were able to uproot, it will be back. And unfortunately, it will be back by the hundreds.

There is a very specific way to kill a tree of heaven called “hack and squirt”. It needs to be done in a specific season. Otherwise this PP is correct - it will return and replicate like some mutant virus. Tree of heaven is a nasty bugger.

[Anonymous]

Good job! We planted several redbuds a few years ago. Birds love them! And just planted a red oak since we have a lot of open space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tulip poplars are native to the area. They do throw limbs easily, and aren't the best option near houses, though. Unless you had a very young Tree of Heaven that you were able to uproot, it will be back. And unfortunately, it will be back by the hundreds.

There is a very specific way to kill a tree of heaven called “hack and squirt”. It needs to be done in a specific season. Otherwise this PP is correct - it will return and replicate like some mutant virus. Tree of heaven is a nasty bugger.

Yup, and now is not the time to remove TOH; you have to wait until fall. I really hope that OP had a very young tree that she was able to uproot.

[Anonymous]

LOL on the blind native extremism that led you to take out a tulip poplar..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL on the blind native extremism that led you to take out a tulip poplar..

It was ugly and they become gigantic—it would have cast the entire garden into shade and was too close to out house and the neighbors’.