The wrong timber choice can lead to a failed landscape in less than 10 years by todd layt.
Timber vs hardwood.
Softwoods have a wide range of applications and are found in building components e g windows doors furniture medium density fiberboard mdf paper christmas trees and much more.
Softwood comes from conifer which usually remains evergreen.
The rubber tree gets its name from the commercially harvested milky latex it exudes when cut.
About 80 of all timber comes from softwood.
Choosing the right timber for the right landscape use is unbelievably confusing.
Due to modern advanced treatment techniques the durability of timber in construction is now far superior.
Timber was one of the first building materials used by man.
Did you know only sapwood can be treated correctly to withstand outdoor use but still much of the timber that is treated is.
In many aspects it is comparable to teak.
Timber in the landscape.
Rubberwood is derived from the rubber tree.
This latex is used to make rubber.
Examples of hardwood trees include alder balsa beech hickory mahogany maple oak teak and walnut.
The main difference between timber and wood is that the timber is a wood that has been processed into beams and planks and wood is a fibrous material from trees of other plants.
In general hardwood comes from deciduous tree s which lose their leaves annually.
Rubberwood is a low cost light tropical hardwood timber.