Plant a Tree -- Fly a Kite Project

ALL 35 TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN THE PARK!

On Thursday, April 16, 2009 several Board members and homeowners gathered in the park to plant our donated and purchased trees. Our thanks to:

Jeff Debenedetto for picking up and returning the auger and helping with the planting.

Claude Simoneaux for the use of his truck to deliver the trees to each planting site.

Cyril Adams, Greg Norton, Roland Richardson and Dwight Dozier for manning the auger and helping with the planting.

We'll be adding the names of the donors in the near future; so if you donated a tree and want your name on a particular tree or trees, please let us know.

Thanks again to everyone who participated in making this project a SUCCESS!

We had SIXTEEN (16) trees donated!!

Our sincere thanks to the following homeonwers who donated trees for our park:

Cyril Adams                                    1                          Live Oak
Kim Berthelot                                   4                          Live Oaks
Jeff and Betsy Debenedetto               1                          Live Oak
Kendall Gilleon                                 3                          Live Oaks
Pam and Mark McIlwain                    1                          Pond Cypress
Pam and Mark McIlwain                    1                          Live Oak
Kathy McMurray                               1                          Sweetbay Magnolia
Greg and Diana Norton                      2                          Pond Cypress
Roland and Veronica Richardson        2                          Natchez Crepe Myrtles

Our thanks also to Jeff Debenedetto who rounded up a trailer and his brother-in-law to deliver the trees to us.

ALSA purchased an additional NINETEEN (19) trees (SO IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO DONATE!):

SIX (6)                                LIVE OAKS
NINE (9)                               POND CYPRESS
FOUR (4)                             NATCHEZ CREPE MYRTLES

If you want to donate a tree and have your name displayed on the tree in the park, IT'S NOT TOO LATE! Just email us with which tree(s) you want to donate and then send a check to ALSA, 17706 Lake Iris Av, Baton Rouge, LA 70817.

PLANTING LIST

Live Oak

We have 16 of these trees. $25.00 each

4 gallon containers

Quercus virginiana
Hardiness Zones: 7-10
Habit: Evergreen
Growth Rate: Moderate
Site Requirement: Full sun/part shade. Salt tolerant. Tolerant of drought and occasional standing water.
Texture: Medium
Form: Large tree with compact, spreading form.
Height: 40-50’ max
Width: 80-130’ max
Leaf: Simple, shiny dark-green leaves.
Flower/Fruit: Acorns provide wildlife food.
Comments: Good, strong-wooded large tree. Great shade tree. Majestic form unique to the South.

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Pond Cypress

We have 12 of these. $25.00 each

These will be planted in groupings of threes (3's) along the edge of the various park lakes.

5 gallon containers

Taxodium ascendens
Hardiness Zones: 5-9
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Fast
Site Requirements: Sun; grows in variety of soils (wet, dry, compacted)
Texture: Fine
Form: Pyramidal when young; growing conical horizontal branches
Height: 50 to 60'
Width: 10-15’
Leaf: Small leaves spiral around stem; sage green in summer; russet, soft brown to orangish brown fall color
Flower/Fruit: 1 to 2" cones
Comments: Native; good street tree; light shade; easy fall cleanup; reddish brown, fibrous bark; produces fewer knees than bald cypress; heat, drought tolerant; seeds eaten by birds

Natchez Crepe Myrtle

We have 6 of these trees. $18.00 each

4 gallon containers

We also have one (1) Sweetbay Magnolia (picture not available) to plant.

Azalea Lakes Subdivision Association * 17706 Lake Iris Ave * Baton Rouge * LA * 70817 * 225-395-9299