We have about 10 acres in Northwest Arkansas that is full of old huge oak trees. The last 3 years of freak weather, drought, bugs, fungus, floods, etc have taken their toll on our large oaks. Even with the help of an arborist and some major pampering it is evident we are going to lose many of our large oaks. What we need help with is what to replace them with.
We like the large trunks and massive limbs of our oaks and would like to replace them with trees that have fairly fast growth to size. We looked at species such as the Legacy maple which grows to 60 by 30 feet, fall foliage, and has some drought resistance. Are there some other species we should consider in oaks, maples, pecan, etc?
We really need some advise here. There are so many options and we obviously are not experts, although we do try to take care of our trees.
Thank you for the help.
We like the large trunks and massive limbs of our oaks and would like to replace them with trees that have fairly fast growth to size. We looked at species such as the Legacy maple which grows to 60 by 30 feet, fall foliage, and has some drought resistance. Are there some other species we should consider in oaks, maples, pecan, etc?
We really need some advise here. There are so many options and we obviously are not experts, although we do try to take care of our trees.
Thank you for the help.