Building a house...Fruit trees wanted

[csgray]

Don't worry about planting mature trees, stuff grows astoundingly fast here and larger specimens often don't recover well from the trauma of either transplanting or being root bound in a pot. You could easily end up with just as big of trees in two years if you plant younger trees now in good holes with room to grow out their roots. I would make sure that whoever you get plants from knows just how close you are to the ocean, some varieties are better at handling salt air than others. Also make sure you know the mature size of the tree (both height and diameter) before you plant, it is easy to forget that those cute little baby trees can end up being 50 ft. tall and grow right into your house.

Have fun and don't forget to plant some good smelling flowering trees too!

Carol