HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-10-14 Arborist ReportU 0 PLANT HEALTH ,CSC
Memo To Kris Danielson
cow unity De Director
City of oak Park Heights
From: Katharine D. Widin
Municipal A rborlgt
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R e: Landscape Flan - Karrmann ,hacks
Volkswagen Porgeh e
reviewed the landscap e plan for this Feet and visited the site on lol 13 with the.
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project
aesthetics or s
owner`. `l�'he current landscape design � s poor with little atU�nt�urr � +
U outte t s + n are too s arse and do
compo sition. The shr especially in th planto bed g , �
not complement Disc anoth Al
so the numbers o fan spirea to the pl a nt sched
do not correspond to the landscape plan.
1 would like to see the fol lowing changes made:
v t hem lanted sin 1 , such as the T road moor j uniper
l p Add more Sh�bs and do not h e h p F g y ,
S er' a attention to the heights and arrang of
by the sign. Have the de p ay
r example, in t small round planting bed they have pert
the shrubs; fo p which is shorter:
`vanhoutte' s irea. which can grow fairly tall, outside the junip p a
p a. �� ht loop better in la..rtt�x�g beds with
A f vw a rin shrub other t han another spt re g P
g
the °Vanboutte'.
S cots w m . �he s ace
r �s too narrow and severa oft + e
2. remove the Scots pine i n the e � �' c lace the scats �r�e
indicated p lanting lantin locad ons are currently y me up' cd by trees. � P
on each end o the plant wi th disease- resista-nt flowering crabappl instead.
d add different other types of deciduous trees such
I Plant fewer red ma ple an
as "Surnmit ash and American linden (bazsswood) or red oa to
increase d i ours. t y
** these trees and the trees on the west median shou
���� w . frontage fl road
not be p lanted unti 'i is dctcrrr � � eke wh. the H 3� f
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will be re- routed )
4. Remove the indicated planting bed
and the small ibervan elm by the west side of the
ee and p lant a flowen crabalyplc closer to the dnvc. Rcmove
driveway e ntran ce P �.
the shabby b
oxelder can the east sale of the properly and plant a fl owedn.g
cra as indicated.
5• For the plant schedule:
a. the numbers of plants in plant lant schedule should correspond to the landscape
plan 10 0 sin there � s a l ot o �aria�b�l qty
b. add the intended cultivar name after the s pecies, sin
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mend: `Auturnnn Flame', or `Firedance'
I . for red maple l would recommend: d
2. for floweri.n g crabs Ic: `Praifie I"irc Or "Indian Summer
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3. f or Japanese tree 1 1 ac Nory S I k ¢ i s a ivar
4, is Goldplan 4 �]
e s p irea correct or did the ge l si gner i n tend Gold#1 acne .