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Minnesota Gardening
etehiver

Horizontal branched tree for sunny location?

etehiver
14 years ago

I'm looking for some advice for a smallish tree for a small lot. Here are the things we need to consider:

1. Full sun

2. Average-to moist clay soil.

3. Ideally 12-15' tall

4. Single trunk or clump

Preferably the tree will have a horizontal branching, possibly similar to a Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia). We really like Japanese-style landscape design, but we're worried the Pagoda Dogwood needs more shade than we can offer.

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