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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat is your favorite tree? It can be in your yard or not. I love the Japanese Fire Trees. I have in my yard, though
I think one is dying. I also have a huge Pine tree that my son received as a tiny sapling many years ago in a Happy Meal box for Earth day. Do you have a favorite tree?
3catwoman3
(25,377 posts)...and blue spruce.
debm55
(35,035 posts)FarPoint
(13,577 posts)I typically like seeing them in pairs..
debm55
(35,035 posts)wonder if they are more of a southern tree?
FarPoint
(13,577 posts)I see them all around this area...especially in pairs...although there are idiots out there that will not recognize the pairing and cut one down...
They typically grow around waterways, near streams etc...
debm55
(35,035 posts)electric_blue68
(17,691 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)True Dough
(20,063 posts)He was a great basketball player!
debm55
(35,035 posts)True Dough
(20,063 posts)if you look really hard!
ProfessorGAC
(69,643 posts)I'm jealous!
debm55
(35,035 posts)True Dough
(20,063 posts)I'll concede 15%, but that's definitely the limit!
biophile
(331 posts)But I have restricted myself to mostly planting native trees lately. I love great fall color so really any tree that provides beautiful fall foliage! After that, its evergreens to have winter coverage.
I love nature in all of its variations. Except earwigs and poison ivy; it's a personal thing :/
debm55
(35,035 posts)spring and summer. though. with their burgandy leaves and the Fire Balls.
The one we have usually bears abundant fruit (last year zero though). So much in fact that we must use a forest of struts and props to prevent it form tearing itself apart.
debm55
(35,035 posts)was a mess with rotten fruit so I cut them down. Thank you Codifer.
Easterncedar
(3,390 posts)In 2003 I found a sprouted peach pit in my compost. I tended it, and 6 years later had peaches. Magic! In Maine! Its still going, although I had to move. I always felt that tree was a perfect generous gift of the world to me.
Codifer
(757 posts)peaches is that there is a small window of time in which they become ripe and the great number of them there on the tree.
This year was a very abundant year which was great. Our normal practice developed over the years was to distribute flats of them to our pub friends, the people we trade with, the class my wife teaches and the pot store. This year there was Covid in the house (although not me even though I am the eldest at 79.) which limited travel. Fortune was kind though and smiled. A young couple who live next door are expecting and the mom to be developed a craving for them (home peaches seem much jucier and more flavorful than store bought). I picked as many as I could for her as carefully as I could (gloves, masks etc). It feels good to give someone a beautiful and perfect and pleasure-filled bit of nature.
cheers
Easterncedar
(3,390 posts)A friend here in Maine has a youngish peach tree that did well this year, and I helped her can them, 6 jars, something she had never done before. Then I drove 12 hours west to buy Niagara County peaches, about a bushel, and brought them back to Maine where I put up 17 quarts, while eating as many as I could just out of hand, over cereal, and in pie. Gave a few away, but only a few. I do love them, and the season is so short.
Easterncedar
(3,390 posts)How kind of you.
Stay healthy. Covid surely isnt done with us yet.
rockbluff botanist
(360 posts)Swamp Chestnut Oak.
It is a species of oak in the white oak family. It is native to bottomlands and wetlands in the southeastern and midwestern United States, in coastal states from New Jersey to Texas.
It has large rounded acorns with a heavily scaled cap. Exceptional wildlife mast.
debm55
(35,035 posts)hlthe2b
(106,040 posts)Of the non-ornamentals, Oak or Blue Spruce.
Ocelot II
(120,367 posts)There are a lot of them in my neighborhood, and I really enjoyed just walking past them smelling their wonderful flowers.
debm55
(35,035 posts)hlthe2b
(106,040 posts)For me, Linden trees also remind me of my Mom. She's been gone a long time but had attended Lindenwood University (College then) in St. Charles, MO when it was a bit unusual for girls to have attended. The school gets its name from Linden trees--which I had always assumed but never confirmed until I saw their Wiki page today. I also learned that Taylor Swift's grandmother was an alumnus of Lindenwood. LOL
I had never heard the alternate name, Basswood. Interesting.
Ocelot II
(120,367 posts)"The foliage and flowers are both edible, though the tender young leaves are more palatable. It is a beneficial species for attracting pollinators as well. Bees produce excellent honey with a mildly spicy flavor from its blossoms." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia_americana. There are a lot of online sources for the honey - it's really the best honey I know of. It always turns up at farmers markets locally.
debm55
(35,035 posts)arkielib
(343 posts)I have several in my yard. Two are very tall, but one of those is getting taken over and choked out by a fast growing tree in my neighbor's yard.
I also like big oak shade trees (or I used to). We had a huge one in our back yard and one in our front yard. The shade they provided the house was great, but they were old trees and started dropping huge limbs so we had to have them cut down. My sister had what was probably the largest oak tree in town in her backyard (according to her insurance agent) - until strong straight-line winds blew it down on her house and crushed it! She was lucky to have not been crushed herself. She managed to crawl out from under the huge limbs and just had some scrapes. I've been afraid of those trees since then. They apparently do not have very deep roots - for their size, anyway.
debm55
(35,035 posts)enough.
Jrose
(1,332 posts)... and for their sweet maple sap.
debm55
(35,035 posts)sarge43
(29,145 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)catbyte
(35,686 posts)We had a huge one in our front yard when I was a kid and I thought it was so exotic, right out of a fairy tale, lol.
electric_blue68
(17,691 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)The Saguaro. I just have one, but its massive and stands proud in the yard.
debm55
(35,035 posts)in2herbs
(3,063 posts)realized why the Saguaro, and not the pine or other trees is my favorite. It is because a Saguaro does not block out the sunlight, the moon, or other objects in the sky because it grows up, not out like a pine, etc. No matter where you stand you can always see the sky. Not possible in a forest.
AltairIV
(638 posts)Japanese Maple. Their Autumn display is an orchestrated riot of color.
debm55
(35,035 posts)HeartsCanHope
(726 posts)It has such beautiful leaves in the fall, it's worth raking the gumballs! We didn't plant it, it was here when we moved in.
debm55
(35,035 posts)Niagara
(9,425 posts)Jane Magnolia Tree
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/magnolia-jane/
or a
Knock Out Rose Tree
https://plankandpillow.com/all-about-the-knock-out-rose-tree/
Several years ago we had over towering White Ash trees that were too close to the house. The trees were planted before the house was built 70 some years ago, so I'm sure the trees weren't towering over the house when it was built.
Eventually, the trees were attacked by the White Ash Borer and both had to be taken down. I burnt all the wood in my firepit for bonfire nights.
With the following trees, they only grow so tall so they will never tower over the house. Plus, they have beautiful flowers on the them. It would be ideal for my yard.
debm55
(35,035 posts)Wish you luck. They are expensive to take down now.
LeftInTX
(29,834 posts)It's merely a Knockout rose bush with the bottom growth removed.
They probably get 4 feet tall or so.
I swear that's a camellia in the picture and not a rose.
Here is how they look in the nursery :
Stock photo from Home Depot. You're paying for them to remove the bottom growth.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/KNOCK-OUT-3-Gal-Red-Double-Knock-Out-Rose-Tree-with-Red-Flowers-13560/315750016
I have a Knockout rose and they're patented.
https://www.knockoutroses.com/family
They aren't fancy roses, but they're popular because they're disease resistant.
LeftInTX
(29,834 posts)Camellias are beautiful, but picky. Check to see if they can grow in your area. Other suitable options are lilacs and rhododendrons/
I used to be a Master Gardener.
surrealAmerican
(11,477 posts)This time of year, they look like they are growing a crop of tennis balls.
lapfog_1
(30,056 posts)SWBTATTReg
(24,011 posts)Good grief, nothing is sacred, eh?
Ocelot II
(120,367 posts)that causes some kinds of plants to die. Some things just can't be grown near them - especially plants in the rose family. One of them killed my crabapple tree. Also, the squirrels get the nuts and they leave stains.
Bayard
(24,145 posts)Of course, we have them everywhere, including the pastures. I also hate them because its like trying to walk on ping pong balls.
debm55
(35,035 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)a kid, I also been hit by them the last couple of times that I walked Dolly. So has she.
yellowdogintexas
(22,650 posts)They are some nasty things to prep but boy do they make fudge, brownies or divinity so good
We used to dump them in the driveway and run the car over them to get the husks off.
electric_blue68
(17,691 posts)In Central Park we found a black walnut tree and took a few green "globes".
Tasty walnuts!
Enter stage left
(3,823 posts)electric_blue68
(17,691 posts)bc It's near the school we used to go to vote. Since I'm thinking, of course, about the election.
And their delicate leaves. Such pretty flowers! 🥰
debm55
(35,035 posts)the house sold. the new buyer had them all cut down. Bummer.
Polly Hennessey
(7,416 posts)SWBTATTReg
(24,011 posts)could pick any! They left a big mess afterwards, w/ their poop!
debm55
(35,035 posts)spooky3
(36,019 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)duncang
(3,492 posts)We had a 15 one in our previous home. I planted one here. Its about 10 now.
LeftInTX
(29,834 posts)Bald cypress are strictly aquatic here.
Montezuma will grow on land.
It's native from the Rio Grande Valley on south.
Native range:
debm55
(35,035 posts)duncang
(3,492 posts)Just a little east of us same latitude. At our last house we never had to water the cypress there. I knew it wasnt going to develop knees but it was healthy. I was hoping for the same thing here. But it looks like Ill have to soak the soil every so often. We were in drought conditions. Its been doing good this year with the rain weve had recently.
LeftInTX
(29,834 posts)Bald Cypress can be a yard tree in East Texas, but not here. We're too dry.
pandr32
(12,139 posts)Sanity Claws
(22,027 posts)They are beautiful in the fall. Best autumn colors, IMHO.
debm55
(35,035 posts)gademocrat7
(11,145 posts)Japanese maple. We have these trees in our yard and on our bonsai tables. Beautiful trees.
debm55
(35,035 posts)CommonHumanity
(276 posts)I particularly love cedar trees, but truly how can one choose a favorite? Choosing a favorite might be an insult to God, if I believed in one. Let's just say it is a likely insult to the splendor and mystery of creation. So much majestic, sheltering beauty. Trees boggle my mind, soothe my spirit and give me the inspiration to continue when my spirit feels weak. A bridge between heaven and earth, a presence and a being in every way and a reminder of the wonder around us. I think I love almost every tree.
debm55
(35,035 posts)CommonHumanity
(276 posts)I just can't and that's all I said. No need to be defensive, but that is incredibly common on this site. If it is not the same opinion as you hold then take issue with a perfectly harmless post. Ho hum...
debm55
(35,035 posts)fond of.
debm55
(35,035 posts)the heavens and admired His creations. and on that Seventh Day He rested. Actually I believe in evolution.not the 7 day theory they taught me in school.
MoonlightHillFarm
(55 posts)Eucalyptus
debm55
(35,035 posts)cloudbase
(5,727 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)surfered
(2,761 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)Ilsa
(62,210 posts)I also appreciate the beauty of the western hemlock.
debm55
(35,035 posts)Ilsa
(62,210 posts)For me, it's very unusual.
PufPuf23
(9,233 posts)Poison hemlock is an herb related to the carrot and that is relatively common but not native to North America.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conium_maculatum
Hemlock trees are evergreen conifers that can grow quite large. There are several species of hemlock native to North America.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuga
Note: The English-language common name "hemlock" arose from a perceived similarity in the smell of its crushed foliage to that of the unrelated plant poison hemlock. Unlike the latter, Tsuga species are not poisonous.[4]
debm55
(35,035 posts)PufPuf23
(9,233 posts)Redwood, Port-Orford cedar, Douglas-fir, Dawn redwood, pepperwood, Brewer Spruce?
Educated and worked for years as a forester, retired over 20 years.
Live in National Forest just inland from Redwood National Park.
Native trees on 0.7 acre lot are Douglas-fir, canyon live oak, California black oak, tanoak (not a Quercus but related), madrone, pepperwood (aka Oregon myrtle or California bay laurel), western dogwood, western redbud and incense cedar; also cherry, pear and fig fruit trees.
ProfessorGAC
(69,643 posts)I like the shape, the color, & the smell.
debm55
(35,035 posts)Different Drummer
(8,443 posts)Japanese Maples (exquisite in fall)
Live Oak (I love the Spanish moss that often hangs from them)
Weeping Willows
debm55
(35,035 posts)subterranean
(3,532 posts)Native to East Asia, its small orange flowers give off a wonderfully sweet scent when they blossom in the fall. It's one of my favorite smells in the world.
debm55
(35,035 posts)Mosby
(17,313 posts)Nt.
debm55
(35,035 posts)if..fish..had..wings
(804 posts)We have a stick turning into a tree in our side yard
debm55
(35,035 posts)WestMichRad
(1,748 posts)They support about a thousand species of native insects, which in turn feed many other species in the food web. Truly a lynchpin species.
debm55
(35,035 posts)Nictuku
(3,855 posts)There is something that happens when you are 'in' a Redwood Forest. There is nothing like it. I used to live in Mill Valley, surrounded by Redwoods, not far from Muir Woods. I really miss it. I think I need to do a Road Trip soon to go soak up some of the Tall Tree Vibes.
debm55
(35,035 posts)pandr32
(12,139 posts)Walking under them is so humbling.
Bob in the Land
(47 posts)Thought to be extinct until rediscovered in China. It has a beautiful natural conical shape and dates back to the era of the dinosaurs.
Zambero
(9,720 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)waterwatcher123
(238 posts)I have a hard time choosing just one tree (White Pine, Sequoia, Redwood, White and Red Cedar, Hemlock trees all very cool too).
debm55
(35,035 posts)waterwatcher123
(238 posts)Amazingly, these trees repel insects and live hundreds of years. I suspect most people around where we live (shores of Lake Superior in MN) would have a hard time identifying these trees given that the bark is silver colored instead of the typical white people associate with birch.
Thanks for asking about trees (nice to talk about something other than the destroyer of worlds - Donald Trump). Trees are the antithesis of that man in that they seek nothing other than a chance to grow. I kept a cup my mother gave me that had a quote about an oak tree apropos to current times. It went something like the following Hallmark quote: Every mighty oak was once a nut that stood its ground. We might be nuts for believing in a better tomorrow. But, it is better to be a nut than weird.
debm55
(35,035 posts)waterwatcher123
(238 posts)Easterncedar
(3,390 posts)Every now and then I find a big one while wandering in the fields and woods here and am always amazed by the beauty.
waterwatcher123
(238 posts)Paper birch, which are another amazing tree, only live about 40 years. So, the yellow birch is in a class of its own when it comes to longevity. They also seem to have an incredible ability to regenerate and continue even when the tree's demise seems imminent.
I have to admit I am a fan of trees generally. They are among some of the world's oldest living things (especially the giants like the Redwoods and Sequoias). A long time ago I worked for the City of Minneapolis where we had an annual awards ceremony for heritage trees (largest of a species or related to a historic event or person). It was great fun to see people nominate these urban trees and to describe their value to a neighborhood or community (was also a way to protect these trees).
A hybrid between Palo Verde and Yellow Palo Verde. Had a beautiful one I planted in my backyard in Arizona. The bark is smooth green but turns reddish purple when it gets below a certain temperature (which, unfortunately, happens less frequently than it used to in AZ).
debm55
(35,035 posts)drmeow
(5,255 posts)I agree that it is a beautiful tree - and low water, lots of shade, and fast growing. I absolutely loved it.
debm55
(35,035 posts)applegrove
(122,919 posts)tree when I was growing up. I remember one time a neighbour girl who had friends from a rough neighborhood came to our back yard to beat up my older brother and his best friend. My twin and I retreated to the tree and got an overhead view of the standoff. What the rough kids didn't know was that my brother and his friend were the stars of the debate team in the boys private school across the street (read into this complete eggheads). I've never seen so many reasons given for why there should not be a fight. There was peace in the end.
debm55
(35,035 posts)hlthe2b
(106,040 posts)Your account sounds a bit less troublesome and a lot more amusing.
applegrove
(122,919 posts)Clouds Passing
(2,050 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)Aristus
(68,211 posts)A big one and a small one.
Lovely
debm55
(35,035 posts)Ocelot II
(120,367 posts)electric_blue68
(17,691 posts)Then a bunch in Central Park.
Lovely flowers!
Ocelot II
(120,367 posts)I always look forward to the flowers, which don't bloom until late spring. Then the thing produces big pods, and in October after the first frost, the leaves, which are huge, suddenly turn brown and fall off all at once. It's a weird tree but I love it.
electric_blue68
(17,691 posts)Figarosmom
(2,319 posts)Always had more ctopping up all over from those large beans ending up everywhere. But I did love it.
debm55
(35,035 posts)Easterncedar
(3,390 posts)Nice picture.
Marigold
(140 posts)There are some beautiful ones behind the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA.
Ocelot II
(120,367 posts)that smells like vomit.
I did not know this. These fruit wouldn't by any chance be orange in color?
Ocelot II
(120,367 posts)electric_blue68
(17,691 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 9, 2024, 01:56 AM - Edit history (1)
had 2 tall female ginkos right next to the main path in the in the back 2/3 rds of the park.
Not a fun time at fruit time! 😄😑 Gak!
debm55
(35,035 posts)OAITW r.2.0
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It's a healthy 25 YO with an 18" butt. and strong....provides a lot of shade for the house in the summer AM into early PM.
debm55
(35,035 posts)OAITW r.2.0
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I got acorns that I want to start this winter....
debm55
(35,035 posts)Lochloosa
(16,393 posts)Read The Wild Trees by Richard Preston on Redwoods. Fascinating. When they fall, and they always do, they create a fairy ring of future redwoods.
debm55
(35,035 posts)MN2theMax
(1,699 posts)In the fall when the leaves turn bright yellow.
debm55
(35,035 posts)Batshit_Bruin_CA
(53 posts)And all colors of crepe myrtles, and the flowering poinciana trees in Hawaii (where there are many types of flowering trees
I also loved all the trees of New England that give such beautiful colors in autumn and the crisp chilly mornings where one finally felt fully awake and refreshed after summer's hot humid doldrums I used to try to visit each year that my brother lived in New York.
It's hard to choose just one favorite.
Not forgetting the evergreen forest of the Pacific north west.how I love them too.
debm55
(35,035 posts)Wicked Blue
(6,598 posts)Especially white-flowering ones.
When we moved to NJ last year we found two red-flowering dogwoods in the back yard. So lovely.
debm55
(35,035 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,031 posts)Love listening to their music when the breeze blows through the leaves. And the fall colors are a visual symphony.
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debm55
(35,035 posts)happybird
(5,088 posts)When they bloom on the side of road I know it's truly, finally Springtime. They are liberally scattered throughout the woods and along the roadsides around here and the color is uniquely beautiful. The only downside is the blooming period is brief. The redbuds, pears, cherries, daffodils and other early bloomers are such a beautiful combo.
Also a big fan of Weeping Willow. Can't have one here because of the septic field, so I love seeing them in others' yards.
Redbuds are the most beautiful trees. I had two but one died and had to be cut down. Hopefully the other one will last a while longer. Those two weeks in April when they bloom they are magnificent!
debm55
(35,035 posts)electric_blue68
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Maples, or Lindens.
I might have to think on these two. I really like the leaf shapes.
White Pines, too.
Big Oaks.
I love trees in general. 🌳🥰🌳
I had hoped to see the Giant Sequoias in person, but that's not going to happen.
We actually have a GS in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Bc, I think of our climate it'll never get to the heights of those in Yosemite Park.
Niagara
(9,425 posts)will not see the Giant Sequoias in person?
electric_blue68
(17,691 posts)so I couldn't save up enough.
But I can imagine very well - so I can look at more photos of the groves and get a good sense, and imagine myself there. 👍
Niagara
(9,425 posts)I had to replace an unrepairable vehicle and a TV. And now my oven really isn't working properly.
I was reading and watching YouTube videos and I discovered a few interesting topics.
There are different groves in different National Parks in the U.S. that have Giant Sequoias. I didn't realize that.
Also, there's the Redwood Forest which the Redwoods aren't the largest trees but are the tallest trees.
I'm going to do some more reading and YouTube watching today about the National Parks after I get off work.
Bayard
(24,145 posts)I planted a few baby Aspens a couple years ago to seen if they would grow in Southern Kentucky. They've done wonderfully well except for the leaf fungus that gets on everything here--trees and flowers. No matter how much you spray, it remains.
We've planted tons of trees since we moved here 10 years ago. Great variety, and some we only had to transplant from our woods, like the red maples, redbuds, sassafrass, and some pines and cedars.
debm55
(35,035 posts)Figarosmom
(2,319 posts)But my favorite is the linden because of its scent.
And I love the shape of the leaves on the Ginko.
debm55
(35,035 posts)WheelWalker
(9,198 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)samplegirl
(12,023 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)doc03
(36,556 posts)where we would hunt squirrel. It was made up of huge beech trees, oak and hickory. It was destroyed by strip mining back in the 70s. There is no particular tree, I don't hunt anymore but I can sit for hours in a forest like that and take in the peace and quiet.
Ocelot II
(120,367 posts)in northern Minnesota within the Chippewa National Forest. It's called the Lost 40 because of a surveying error by loggers in 1882 that left about 40 acres untouched. The trees there are 300-400 years old and they're enormous. I visited it a few weeks ago and was gobsmacked at their size. It's an amazing place to visit if you can find it. https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/chippewa/recarea/?recid=26672
debm55
(35,035 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)parkia00
(577 posts)A short well trimmed (many branches) in a large glazed pottery jardinière on a patio is a sight to behold.
debm55
(35,035 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)OLDMDDEM
(2,062 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)OLDMDDEM
(2,062 posts)Zambero
(9,720 posts)I lived on the northern California coast for several years. Walking through an old-growth redwood forest is an incredible experience.
debm55
(35,035 posts)Zambero
(9,720 posts)Better yet, if you are ever in the region, go to see hundreds of them as far as the eye can see. My favorite spot is Stout Grove, a few miles east of Crescent City. Accessible by vehicle and featuring relatively flat terrain for an easy but very rewarding hike.
debm55
(35,035 posts)Arne
(3,578 posts)Doesn't look like much but it's delicious.
debm55
(35,035 posts)underpants
(186,377 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)Beautiful trees, gorgeous fall color
debm55
(35,035 posts)Stargleamer
(2,169 posts)I've seen them at Sequoia National Park
debm55
(35,035 posts)CrispyQ
(38,105 posts)Their structure reminds me of Dogwood trees which don't grow in my area but I saw one out east one spring & thought how lovely they are. I don't know much about trees but I love them all. In June the Linden trees in my area put out the most wonderful scent. I have a huge Spruce tree in my front yard & watch the squirrels & birds go up the branches near the trunk like a spiral staircase. I'd like to light it for the holidays but I'm pretty sure I should update my electric panel before doing that & get a special circuit. And of course pay someone with a cherry picker.
debm55
(35,035 posts)beautiful trees a large pond , a temple and bridges. I wrote down the name of the trees native to Japan. We decided on the Fire Tree.
sakabatou
(42,945 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)TexLaProgressive
(12,274 posts)Funny as these convoluted trees are precious to me, I also love a prefect Texas post oak
The downside is they don't give much color in the autumn.
debm55
(35,035 posts)TlalocW
(15,623 posts)The Larch.
The... Larch.
debm55
(35,035 posts)DBoon
(23,021 posts)It is very productive. We have a freezer full of lime juice.
debm55
(35,035 posts)electric_blue68
(17,691 posts)SunSeeker
(53,545 posts)Here in Southen California where they were planted by municipalities along the sidewalk, they turn neighborhood streets into a tunnel of purple every May-June. But they're messy and the sap from the blossoms stain car paint. Best appreciated from afar, lol. That's why they stopped planting them along residential streets.
debm55
(35,035 posts)electric_blue68
(17,691 posts)k55f5r
(392 posts)Cedars. There's one in the Gifford Pinchot Nat'l Forest that I measured at 45' circumference that you could get inside through a fissure to an 8' circular room.
debm55
(35,035 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,762 posts)American Elm, (pretty much gone due to, "Dutch Elm Disease" , Sugar Maple, Tamarack, White Birch.
debm55
(35,035 posts)electric_blue68
(17,691 posts)I watched one on our street corner be taken down. They were quite tall.
Still, some 🩷 did survive, including two on the block just north of us.
wendyb-NC
(3,762 posts)I grew up in upstate New York, there were 2 grand Elms 100 feet tall and massive. They seemed to succumb about the same time in 1968-1969. Both had to be taken down as they started loosing large limbs. They were a hazard.
Growing up under their their lush foliage in summer was such a gift, a relief from the sweltering hot days. I'll never forget them, in fact, I still dream of them occasionally.
electric_blue68
(17,691 posts)femmedem
(8,429 posts)The leaves look like a Dr. Seuss character's footprints and when my husband, who makes musical instruments, cuts into the wood, his shop smells like root beer.
Photo from Wiki Creative Commons
debm55
(35,035 posts)femmedem
(8,429 posts)I haven't in quite a while. I kind of wish I didn't know that safrole is carcinogenic, because I loved chewing on sassafras twigs.
markodochartaigh
(1,962 posts)my great-grandparent's orchard. The pear tree in our backyard where I used to eat pears with my Westie. The jacaranda trees in streets across LA seen from my boyfriend's sister's apartment on a hill. The clump of Phoenix reclinata at San Jose State. The LSU gold fig tree in my yard in Texas, when my dog was dying and didn't want any food she did enjoy her last fig. My Valencia Pride mango that Hurricane Irma blew down, but which recovered when I reset it.
debm55
(35,035 posts)heart. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Remember you are loved. by us as a family. Take care .Love, Debbie
Nixie
(17,370 posts)I always want them when I see them in the plant nurseries, but we don't have the ideal climate for them or the expertise to care for them. They are stunning.
I think this is a Red Dragon: hope I can get the picture to work
https://www.wilsonbrosgardens.com/acer-palmatum-red-dragon-japanese-maple-3g-hg.html
Oh well, I tried to get the pictures to open but have to settle for this link about the varieties.
https://www.thespruce.com/japanese-maple-trees-2130843
OH, I see the maples are also called fire trees, so we have the same favorite!
debm55
(35,035 posts)tree. All are beautiful.
We have one in the center of our driveway, growing at the base of a massive fir tree. Its been there for a very long time and seems to still be thriving. The coppery skin of the tree is just enchanting.
Ive always loved the Harlequin Glorybower, aka the peanut butter tree. The leaves smell like peanut butter when you crush them in your hand, and the flowers are simply gorgeous. I had one at the old house but for whatever reasons weve never planted one here.
pansypoo53219
(21,683 posts)stepping on the nuts w/ bare feet. silver birch + big catalpas are awesome. but up north there is a nature walk at the butternut-franklin spot near the cottage. in the swampt section is smells DIVINE. but then i discovered the same smell on our beach near the rock pile. i need to bottle it .
electric_blue68
(17,691 posts)In Inwood Park northern most Manhattan theres the last natural forest in that burrough. I couldn't find an answer as to the current oldest trees, though there was a 350 yr old tulip tree that died in the ?1930's.
In the NY Botanical Garden in The Bronx there is the other old growth forest.
When I was in DC around Christmas time I was there to see The Clinton's celebration of American Craftsmanship with 6 special
Xmas trees each displaying ornaments dedicated to one (or mostly) material [paper, fiber, wood, ceramic, glass, and metal] inside the WH lobby in '93. 🥰
I stayed overnight at my cousin's ex-wife's mother's house in ?Georgetown. It's been my only time in DC in the Wintertime
except for 3 inaugurals.
Anyway I started to walk towards the bus to get me to a museum near the WH. Snow had been forecasted for later - but it starred at 9AM. So there was a quarter inch on the ground when I left.
And I got a total surprise tree-wise. There was a Magnolia Tree! See, I had no idea that the Magnolia tree was a broadleaf evergreen! Actually at that time - I had no idea there was such a tree as a broad leaf evergreen! I'd only seen them in late Spring, early Summer - sometimes in bloom! 🩷
debm55
(35,035 posts)weather tree.
LeftInTX
(29,834 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)Easterncedar
(3,390 posts)Cedars grab me, every time, with their singular beauty and fragrance, but I will always yearn for the elm-shaded streets of my childhood. Now I find myself paying attention to the magnificent, doomed ash trees all around in Maine, leaves now turning bright yellow or deep burgandy. I see the bare bleak skeletal forests of ash when I go home to New York, and grieve. When the ashes go here, its going to be apocalyptic.
Mind you, I have a tall young elm in my yard now, which I will love until it goes, hoping it lives long enough to set seed, as my first did. And I have planted two American chestnuts at the old farm in the hills.
debm55
(35,035 posts)Easterncedar
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And so many of the trees that Ive never seen except at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston - Virginia fringe tree with its purple silk, and the Chinese Dove tree, with flowers like a flock of perching white birds, are so memorable 40 years after I lived in Jamaica Plain.
debm55
(35,035 posts)RainCaster
(11,503 posts)Beautiful strings of blooms in the spring, and the most spectacular bright yellow fall color. I have one in my front yard and love it.
debm55
(35,035 posts)RockRaven
(16,170 posts)So many to choose from, of course. Tomorrow my answer might be different.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_kelloggii
An excerpt from the "Ecology" section:
Older trees affected by heart rot have cavities which provide den or nest sites[2] for owls, various woodpeckers, tree squirrels, and American black bears. Trees provide valuable shade for livestock and wildlife during the hot summer. California black oak forest types are heavily used for spring, summer, and fall cover by black bears.
It is browsed by deer and livestock.[8] Acorns are heavily used by livestock, mule deer, feral pigs, rodents, mountain quail, Steller's jays, and woodpeckers. Acorns constitute an average of 50% of the fall and winter diets of western gray squirrels and black-tailed deer during good mast years. Fawn survival rates increase or decrease with the size of the acorn crop.
It is a preferred foraging substrate for many birds. All of 68 bird species observed in oak woodlands of the Tehachapi Mountains of California used California black oak for part of their foraging activities. Acorn woodpecker, Bullock's oriole, and Nashville warbler show strong preferences for California black oak. The parasitic plant Pacific mistletoe (Phoradendron villosum), which commonly grows on this oak, produces berries that attract birds, as well.[3]
debm55
(35,035 posts)debm55
(35,035 posts)Valley. I will look for them on my walks.
Evergreen Emerald
(13,095 posts)The deer moms leave their babies on one side of the yard, and then eat the apples off the trees, and on the ground, on the other side of the yard.
debm55
(35,035 posts)like the trees are beautiful in the spring.