[EQAB-list] species list from [OKHills] for post-highway re-gardening

[Robert G Kennedy III, PE]

Greetings,

just to get this into the record:

As you know, the Garden Committee of Jimmy, myself, Steve Byrd, and  
Tom Rowe, is tasked with coming up with a post-highway garden  
reconstruction plan.

After the last GC meeting, I solicited advice from my neighbors. Lotsa  
green thumbs in Oklahoma Hills, which is between Nebraska Ave (last  
stop light before K-25) and the West End bunkers.

Here's what they came up with. I recognize that not all of these are  
great choices.

TREE RECOMMENDATIONS from the OKLAHOMA HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD
SPECIES	         HEIGHT

Colorado Spruce	tall

redbud	         moderate
dogwood
catalpa
mulberry
carolina silver bells
Golden Chain
weeping cherries

rhododendron	understory
laurel
thuja

holly	         evergreen
yew
Carolina Sapphire

These last are supposed to be good at limiting invasion by vines,  
which is one of the Green Environment goals.

Also, several of my neighbors want to donate plants, such as  
daffodils. I do hope there is a way for them to do that expeditiously  
without some state bureaucrat raining on their parade.

Robert

PS. I called the architect who designed the First Christian Church,  
which is a-building at the southwest intersection of Gum Hollow Road  
and the Turnpike. He said they do indeed have a landscaping plan  
already, and in fact have modified it three times already to  
accommodate right-of-way constraints per the state arborist. They are  
sending me a plan.

-- 
Robert G Kennedy III, PE
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