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Shade Tree commissioners find shortfalls in fall PHS order, assign staff to confirm availability and homeowner permissions
Summary
Members reviewed the fall planting order placed with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, found several species over-requested relative to the PHS order, and directed staff and volunteers to confirm availability with PHS and to verify homeowner authorization for pending orders.
Narberth Shade Tree Commission members on a September meeting reviewed the group’s fall tree order with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) and found mismatches between species residents requested and the two‑per‑species allocation the commission placed with PHS.
The commission’s PHS invoice covers 20 trees at $2,970. Commissioners said several species now show more resident requests than the PHS allocation — notably redbud, dogwood and sweetbay magnolia — while chokecherry, black gum and linden currently have no customer requests recorded against the commission’s PHS allotment. Commissioners asked staff to ask PHS whether additional units of in‑demand species are available and to revise the public order form to reflect current availability.
Why it matters: The commission orders discounted trees through PHS but must reconcile what residents request with PHS limits and with the commission’s budget and with Tree Authority as a backup source. If PHS cannot supply extra units of certain species, the commission said it will either (a) ask residents to accept substitute species, (b) buy additional trees from Tree…
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