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Message 1783966 - Posted: 1 May 2016, 15:48:29 UTC

I have two favorite trees: The white paper birch, and the mimosa. I planted a birch last Spring, and this year I want to get a mimosa. We also have a couple lace bark elms, which are nice.

Example of a Birch


Example of a Mimosa



What's your favorite tree(s)?
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Message 1784084 - Posted: 1 May 2016, 20:32:27 UTC

I love most trees.
I always admire a stately oak, or a years old massive willow tree.
And the magnificent magnolia...when it is in full bloom with it's large glossy leaves, that works for me.

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Message 1784085 - Posted: 1 May 2016, 20:50:11 UTC - in response to Message 1784084.  

I love most trees.
I always admire a stately oak, or a years old massive willow tree.
And the magnificent magnolia...when it is in full bloom with it's large glossy leaves, that works for me.

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I like all three of those trees. We had a Pin Oak, but finally cut it down because it was too close to the house and our Magnolia was overgrown, and having trouble with the winters here. I'm surprised your Magnolia does ok in Wisconsin.
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Message 1784089 - Posted: 1 May 2016, 20:59:09 UTC - in response to Message 1784085.  
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I love most trees.
I always admire a stately oak, or a years old massive willow tree.
And the magnificent magnolia...when it is in full bloom with it's large glossy leaves, that works for me.

Meow.



I like all three of those trees. We had a Pin Oak, but finally cut it down because it was too close to the house and our Magnolia was overgrown, and having trouble with the winters here. I'm surprised your Magnolia does ok in Wisconsin.

Well...so far so good. Mine is a baby that sprouted from the roots of Lori's, and it is about 3 years old now, and about 5 feet tall. It just in the last few days started to sprout it's spring leaves and a few small blossoms.
Lori's is about 12 years old, and must be near 6 feet wide and 10 feet tall. It is in kinda a sheltered corner by her house, so it is spared some of the brunt of winter. Mine is out in the open, so I hope it can handle it.

It should be OK unless we get one of those wicked winters with near record -30 temps for a week on end like we did a few years back. That did a lot of damage even to the evergreen trees and shrubs here.

I have an oak tree in my front yard that has been growing from a naturally planted acorn since many years ago. I saw the sprout and mowed around it, and today it is a healthy young oak tree with a trunk about 8" in diameter and approaching 25 feet tall.

And, I planted a willow tree in the back yard where I lay my kitties to rest. It has had a rough time getting going. The rabbits got into the cage around it the first year when the snow got deep enough and munched it down to a nubbins.
Next year, a taller cage. And wouldn't ya know it....a very rare urban deer in this area topped the poor thing off....
I am hoping it does better this year. It has sprouted a bunch of little leaves, so it should thrive this season.

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Message 1784093 - Posted: 1 May 2016, 21:37:54 UTC

Beech forest with wood anemone.
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Message 1784094 - Posted: 1 May 2016, 21:48:46 UTC - in response to Message 1784093.  

Beech forest with wood anemone.


Nice picture, Janne. :~)
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Message 1784096 - Posted: 1 May 2016, 22:14:13 UTC

White Fir tree(that's what the pic says)

Mariposa Pine tree

Weeping Willow tree

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Message 1784100 - Posted: 1 May 2016, 22:22:00 UTC

I like evergreen trees, too, but they can get a little big for a small urban yard.
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Message 1784105 - Posted: 1 May 2016, 22:29:02 UTC - in response to Message 1784100.  
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I like evergreen trees, too, but they can get a little big for a small urban yard.

In two of the places that I owned, I had a very tall fir tree in the backyard on a 1/2 acre lot, about 50'-60' or so from the house(at the back of the lot), and a neighbor had a weeping willow, the willow doesn't seem to get too big and it flowers once a year.
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Message 1784123 - Posted: 1 May 2016, 23:45:29 UTC
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My favorites, General Sherman and Santa Barbara's Moreton Bay Fig probably my top two.
General Sherman: The tree called "General Sherman" is not only the biggest giant sequoia, but it is also the biggest tree in the world. He is 83.8 m (274.9 feet) tall, his girth at breast height is 24,10 m (79 feet) (near the ground it is 31,3 m or 102,6 feet). The width of the crown is 33 m, and the first branch starts only at 40 m or 130 feet!

Moreton Bay Fig: believed to be the largest Ficus macrophylla in the United States.

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Message 1784192 - Posted: 2 May 2016, 12:05:25 UTC

Has to be a maple, eh. Any kind, but I'm particularly fond of the red ones.



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Message 1784209 - Posted: 2 May 2016, 13:31:25 UTC - in response to Message 1784192.  

Has to be a maple, eh. Any kind, but I'm particularly fond of the red ones.


Man, that's surreal! Very nice.
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Message 1784210 - Posted: 2 May 2016, 13:32:44 UTC

sequoia


I've heard they actually have tree climbers who go the top and throw a tape measure down to figure out the height.
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Message 1784217 - Posted: 2 May 2016, 14:00:36 UTC

It's springtime and cherry blossoms in Stockholm.
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Message 1784771 - Posted: 4 May 2016, 18:44:16 UTC

Well I walk for an hour every day in my local park and have to admit I don't really have a favourite.

However I do like the spring for the blossom.

This was today.



You see a lot of people stopping to take pictures here.



I have to say that a possible favourite are evergreens , they keep the park looking green even in winter.

The one in the centre here is a one I like


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Message 1784773 - Posted: 4 May 2016, 18:46:55 UTC

Well I walk for an hour every day in my local park and have to admit I don't really have a favourite.

However I do like the spring for the blossom.

This was today.


Those are very pretty pictures, but the tree in the third one at the lower left looks a little out of it's natural habitat.
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Message 1784775 - Posted: 4 May 2016, 19:13:34 UTC - in response to Message 1784773.  

Well I walk for an hour every day in my local park and have to admit I don't really have a favourite.

However I do like the spring for the blossom.

This was today.


Those are very pretty pictures, but the tree in the third one at the lower left looks a little out of it's natural habitat.

I wondered if anyone might notice.

They appear to be a dwarf plam tree. There are 3 next to the path at the south end of the park.

Here is a pic from last month.



They actually stand in round flower beds.

This pic is from last May as I don't have a good one from this year yet.


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Message 1784791 - Posted: 4 May 2016, 20:36:06 UTC

The trees around here are now into their full autumn colours and I had to run the mower around the yard 2 days ago just to pick up all the dead leaves.

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Message 1784891 - Posted: 5 May 2016, 6:18:13 UTC

Gordon, that pink flowered tree you posted is also known as an Albizia and commonly known as a silk tree.

We planted an Albizia sapling in our front yard about 10 years ago and it is quite large now. They grow fast, they are drought tolerant and they are truly beautiful trees, but they always drop something.

In the spring they drop blossoms... lots and lots of blossoms.

In early winter they drop leaves... lots and lots of leaves.

In late winter they drop seed pods... lots and lots of seed pods, but of course plenty of dried seed pods also remain on the tree making the tree look rather unattractive. When we have that tree pruned every winter, we always ask the pruners to also remove all the residual seed pods, which understandably costs extra money because that is detail-oriented work.

And guess what? About 90% of the seeds in those pods are viable.

Do not plant an Albizia in any place you feel compelled to tidy up.

Also do not plant an Albizia in any place you don't want lots and lots of baby Albizias.

I do not regret adding that tree to our garden, but the darn thing is more work than I ever thought it would be!
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Message 1784938 - Posted: 5 May 2016, 12:18:17 UTC
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Thanks for the info on the mimosa family. That makes me wonder if I want to get involved.

Bernie, your palm trees are cute, but they also look like they drop a lot of stuff.
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