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Personally, I like the Willow Oak's alot and they tend to grow well in clay soils. However, check out the Sawtooth Oak and/or Water Oak trees. The Sawtooth is spectacular and in my opinion is the perfect tree for shade/privacy/beauty. Nice color in fall and hold their leaves for a long time.

Leyland Cypress is a very fast growing evergreen tree that would be perfect, and is often used, as a screen hedge.

I don't have any trees that I need to worry about the root system so that shouldn't be an issue. I have heard that Gypsum is an excellent sourse of Calcium and helps in softening up clay. The clay in our yard is brick-like when dry. In fact, when you get to the moist clay you have to peel it...

Our yard, under about 4 inches of topsoil, is a very dense clay. We need to start amending the soil so we can better grow trees, plants, grass, etc. In areas where we do NOT have grass growing, I am going to be tilling in compost, gypsum, and topsoil. However, in areas where the grass is...

I have some landscaping ideas for my yard that would look great with some Willow/Water/Live Oaks. I could spend hundreds upon hundreds of dollars buying them from a nursery or I could get them for free from the woods. I have already marked a handfull of Willow Oaks and Water Oaks, but I need...

You bring up some good points, WillClimb. Another point would be to hire someone that won't COMPLAIN so much!

If you will recall, the Charleston area was hit by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. If the winds did not topple the trees, could it be possible that the storm surge, which reached up to 18 feet just north of the city, brought enough salt water to damage the roots and cause this? I think maybe you...

I'm a novice when it comes to landscaping but I like to think I'm very creative. Landscaping is a bit different from playing with Lego's, however. Does anyone know of excellent Landscaping books that would help me in my endeavors? Ideally, one with lot of pictures (not for my ignorance but so...

Regarding the light preferential that I aluded to earlier, I frequently use the Q/A section of www.nationalgardening.com. Here is a post from the "experts" that respond to the questions: Caryota, or Sago palms, are small to medium-sized palms that grow best in shady sites, in rich, moist...

Small Trees I must concur with treeclimber165. Wax Myrtles are GREAT - and almost impossible to kill. They can grow up to 20 - 25 feet but can be pruned any time, any where. They offer more privacy and more shade than any shrub I've ever seen and back in the days of Colonial times, they were...

Sago Palms This is certainly not an expert view and I'm sure that others will argue, but I live in Charleston, SC, and planted two medium sized Sago Palms in our front yard. We're talking FULL SUN from noon until sundown and it gets hot. We've kept them modestly watered and fertilized on...