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Pack Square Park’s first new trees have been planted |
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The park’s first new trees are in the ground! Six London Plane trees were placed in tree wells in the brick sidewalk along south Pack Square in mid-December. London Plane, Platanus acerifolia, is a hybrid that is similar to sycamore, but has better disease resistance.
Eight specimens of European Hornbeam ‘fastigiata’ were placed in two planting areas in front of the Asheville Art Museum. European Hornbeam, Carpinus betulas, is a medium-sized tree with bright green leaves with serrated margins and conspicuous veins. It has short catkins in spring, followed by small nuts. The leaves turn an attractive yellow in autumn.
Leaf from London Plane tree
The trees were planted in advance of other park landscaping because the sidewalk along south Pack Square was complete. “We are happy to have the process of landscaping underway,” said Marilyn Geiselman, executive director of Pack Square Conservancy. “Once the south Pack Square sidewalk was finished, we realized there was no reason to delay the plantings in that area. When the trees became dormant, we put them in the ground.”
Additional trees and shrubs will be planted in the park as work in various areas is finished. The park is scheduled for completion in April 2009.
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