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I am considering planting two different native small trees - both turn out to be dioecious. These are the American Smoke Tree and the American Fringe Tree. I am not sure if that means that I need to plant both a male and a female somewhere on my property or whether I can just choose which one I would like to plant. . .
If you want them to produce fruit/seed then you will need to get a male and female of each tree, but if you're not worried about that then you can just plant one.
Sometimes it is difficult to buy a small tree knowing if you are getting male or female. Ask at the nursery where you are buying them. You only need a male and a female plant when you want to get fruit.
Thank you very much. That is what I suspected. I do have an excellent natives nursery locally and will enlist their help in selecting the trees of the correct gender.
