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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]Easterncedar
(3,390 posts)211. All true!
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.
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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]
debm55
Sep 7
OP
Thank you FarPoint I haven't seen any willow trees around here. but other places I have been, I admired their beauty. I
debm55
Sep 7
#5
We don't have any any ponds around here. just the rivers. Bummer. I think they are beautiful.
debm55
Sep 8
#82
I agree with the native trees. My Japanese Fire trees look like crap starting in the fall. They are beautiful in the
debm55
Sep 7
#13
At one time we had peach and pear trees . I was told by my neighbor that to give fruit you had to have 2 of each. Yard
debm55
Sep 7
#15
Lindens---very popular in Colorado and when they bloom, oh, the fragrance is heavenly...
hlthe2b
Sep 7
#10
I never knew a variety of honey was produced from them, but searching I see it available. I'll have to try...
hlthe2b
Sep 8
#101
Thank you Hithe2b they sound wounderful, I like trees with a scent. We used to have a lilac tree loved it.
debm55
Sep 8
#88
Thank you arkielib. I am so glad your sister survived.You have to careful of pines also as their roots do not grow deep
debm55
Sep 8
#91
Thank you Jrose I love the colors of the maple trees. They are beautiful. It's getting close to them changing.
debm55
Sep 8
#92
Technically it may not be a "tree" but it is my favorite as well. The other morning when I was walking I
in2herbs
Sep 8
#147
Thank you HeartsCanHope. While walking Dolly , We both have been hit on the head by them
debm55
Sep 8
#97
Thank you Niagara. I love the Magnoia trees and their smell. I don't think I have seen a Knock Out Rose Tree around here
debm55
Sep 8
#98
Love these trees. Had a bunch of them in my small ranch, and had to run off people from stealing the walnuts!
SWBTATTReg
Sep 7
#45
Thank you surrealAmerican. I was trying to figure out the names of the trees. We use to call them "monkey balls" when I
debm55
Sep 8
#99
We always knew when folks had been hulling black walnuts from the stain on their forearms
yellowdogintexas
Sep 8
#123
My neighbors across the street. bought the next lot. And had about ten of them. They were beautiful. When they died and
debm55
Sep 8
#100
These are nice too! Used to have before they all died out, the birds would flock all over them, eat them before I
SWBTATTReg
Sep 7
#46
I love Japanese Cherry Trees when they first bloom in the spring Thank you, Polly Hennessey.
debm55
Sep 8
#118
I live in San Antonio. We're always in a drought, but I know they grow on land in parts of the south.
LeftInTX
Sep 10
#217
Thank you Sanity Claws We love driving up the mountains here in PA and looking at the trees. It's almost time.
debm55
Sep 8
#125
You can love all trees but have a special tree that is a sight to behold for various reasons.
debm55
Sep 8
#127
Reread my post at #127, I wasn;t defensive, Just said that you can love all trees but have a special type that you are
debm55
Sep 24
#240
I really don't think God fills insulted by me liking a specific tree, animal, body of water. landforms. humans, birds,
debm55
Sep 24
#243
I don't think I heard of them. We had Monkey Ball Trees in PA. Thank you . I will look it up
debm55
Sep 8
#132
Thank you WestMichRad. Wonderful tree. When I was a teen we lived in White Oak PA named after the trees there.
debm55
Sep 8
#145
Thank you waterwatcher123. That is interesting about the Yellow birch. I love the smell of spearment.
debm55
Sep 8
#161
Yellow birch are native to the zone where we live (transition from hardwood to boreal forest).
waterwatcher123
Sep 8
#187
It was a very nice thread and chance for everyone to express a bit of appreciation for nature's splendor and diversity.
waterwatcher123
Sep 9
#214
I remember working with a plant ecologist who said some of our yellow birch trees were hundreds of years old.
waterwatcher123
Sep 9
#213
I did too.. made jelly from the crabapples... Also nursed quite a few bee stings, as a result...
hlthe2b
Sep 24
#241
Oh, man - all at once! And just brown. Well, the flowers make up for it. 👍
electric_blue68
Sep 7
#75
Oh, how well (unfortunately!) I know! In my second childhood neighborhood, our park...
electric_blue68
Sep 7
#73
Thank you Marigold. I remember a neighbor had a Gingko Tree in their yard. Very unique leaf shape.
debm55
Sep 8
#170
Thank you madamesilverspurs. That sounds so romantic with the leaves and their fall colors.
debm55
Sep 8
#179
Crab apple, or flowering cherry trees bc of the beautiful flowers each Spring. Otherwise, I guess...
electric_blue68
Sep 7
#66
Traveling itself is not really a problem. I don't have extra much money at all...
electric_blue68
Sep 12
#221
I understand financial difficulties. This year has been financially difficult for me...
Niagara
Sep 13
#231
One of the few national parks I haven't been to that I always wished I had. Thank you Stargleamer.
debm55
Sep 8
#134
thank you CrispyQ. I took my class to the Conservatory in Pittsburgh. They had a Japanesse Section with all these
debm55
Sep 8
#133
Oh, the Elms. In NYC we lost a lot of Elms to this disease in the 60's...
electric_blue68
Sep 9
#198
Thank you very much markofochartaigh. Your post touched my heart. The trees and the events tied to them forever in your
debm55
Sep 8
#191
Thank you Nixie. Mine will turn a burgundy in the fall and then the leaves will drop.There are many varieties of the
debm55
Sep 8
#192
i am patial to hemlocks, but i guess yellow birch. they look like bronze at the family cottage. horse chestnut. except
pansypoo53219
Sep 8
#194
Thank you very much, electric_blue68 . You have some very interesting stories. I always though th Magnolia was a warm
debm55
Sep 9
#200
There are magnolias at the white house. They're supposedly hardy to -10 degrees. (But probably more like -5)
LeftInTX
Sep 10
#215
Thank you very much Easterncedar. Your post is very interesting. We have elms around here in SW PA. Majestic trees.
debm55
Sep 9
#205