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Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
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)? The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
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. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I love most trees. 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. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I love most trees. 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. Meow. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Beech forest with wood anemone. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Beech forest with wood anemone. Nice picture, Janne. :~) The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65750 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
White Fir tree(that's what the pic says) Mariposa Pine tree Weeping Willow tree The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I like evergreen trees, too, but they can get a little big for a small urban yard. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65750 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
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. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29839 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
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. |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
Has to be a maple, eh. Any kind, but I'm particularly fond of the red ones. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Has to be a maple, eh. Any kind, but I'm particularly fond of the red ones. Man, that's surreal! Very nice. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
sequoia I've heard they actually have tree climbers who go the top and throw a tape measure down to figure out the height. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
It's springtime and cherry blossoms in Stockholm. |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
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 |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Well I walk for an hour every day in my local park and have to admit I don't really have a favourite. 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. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
Well I walk for an hour every day in my local park and have to admit I don't really have a favourite. 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. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34768 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
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. Cheers. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
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! |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
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. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
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