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In reply to the discussion: What is your favorite tree? It can be in your yard or not. I love the Japanese Fire Trees. I have in my yard, though [View all]arkielib
(364 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.