Nebraskaz71
Active Member
I'm cutting some silver maples down around my house and want to put one tree back in for shade on the house eventually, not concerned with deer benefits on this one. I tend to have somewhat alkaline ground and I dont want to plant maples back. I have nothing but white oaks on my property so I ws considering a red oak for this spot. I want something fairly fast growing but strong, that will work on alkaline ground, doesnt need to get huge but I would like some nice fall color. Can anyone give me some insight on shumards vs northern reds, most of the info online seems to make the two sound almost identical.