The Bigfoot Willow grows fast for windbreaks and privacy screens. Fast growing trees are frequently used for these utilitarian purposes.
Category Archives: Windbreak Trees
Orange Bark
The Scotch Pine(Pinus sylvestris) has an orange color on its branches. This is a big difference compared to other pine trees that have normal brown branches.
Larch Yellows
Fall is a good time to see my deciduous Larch trees go from green to yellow and then needleless.
Honeysuckle Flowering Windbreak
Honeysuckles were planted ages ago for the outside row of the windbreak. These bushes keep cranking out flowers year after year.
Forsythia Spruce
The Forsythia bushes are blooming heavily. A Colorado Blue Spruce is in the background that is not so blue.
Lompary Poplar Youth Relived
The Lombardy Poplar is coming back very fast. It is amazing taking a tree that is a year or two from death and making it new again. Coppicing the aging Lombardy Poplar to the ground has caused it to relive its youth and have incredible, fast growth again.
Fast Growing Lombardy Poplars
It is known that Lombardy Poplars have a short lifespan east of the Rockies. These fast growing trees are used a lot though because they serve a purpose such as screening and windbreaks. When their tops start dying in 15 years, simply cutting them down will rejuvenate these poplar trees, and they will quickly grow […]
Center of Attention
As normal, January is covered in snow. This is the view in the windbreak. Evergreens feel like a natural fit during our wintery, snowy months. Their branches help stop snow and wind, and their green gives us a dabble of life in the dreary and otherwise dead season.
Fast Growing Evergreen Windbreaks
When searching for fast growing trees for your windbreak, I doubt you will come across this conifer. This is for good reason, because this tree has actually been slow growing for me. This little treasure is called the White Fir(Abies concolor) and also another common name is Concolor Fir. So while it is slow growing, […]