[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Dick Gross]

In my humble opinion, the best year around tree in the Salt River Basin is 
virtually any citrus  although I've found common lemon to be marginally 
frost tender.

You can espalier or hedge citrus to fit the space into which you want 
coverage. Some purists will turn up their noses at such treatment of citrus 
but others will praise you for a stroke of horticultural genius. Use common 
sense. Don't try to cram a Pommelo into a space that would cramp a kumquat. 
I have a Sweet Chinese lemon hedge 7 to 8 feet tall, 4 feet wide, trained on 
one trunk along a 30 feet span of chain link fence. The tree, with much 
fruit, requires miminal periodic pruning but it provides a total, impervious 
screen and never loses its leaves.

Dick Gross, Master Gardener Volunteer
Maricopa County Cooperative Extension

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> Matt
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> mtrimble at cox.net
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> We are looking for the best shade tree to plant around a pool. We would 
> like a clean tree that does not loose it's leaves and will block the view 
> of our pool from the neighbors. We were thinking of Ficus, but they did 
> not handle the recent freeze well.
>
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