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    Quote Originally Posted by TheOneOnly2 View Post
    My favourite tree is the Jacaranda tree. My parents have a massive Jacaranda tree in their front yard and when its in full bloom its really beautiful. Then it drops its purple flowers which blanket the ground which is also beautiful. I dont think there is another Jacaranda tree in the town I grew up in either so when it does bloom once a year its almost as if it is saying to you that it is the most beautiful thing here - and its right. Even when it is not in bloom I think it is a nice looking tree - I like the leaves because they remind me of leaves that might grow on a tree in a childrens dinosaur picture book.

    I do have some photos of my parents Jacaranda tree but they are not on this computer but -

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    My second favourite tree is the Kurrajong tree. I actually own a Kurrajong tree/bottle tree because I bought a block of land recently and it has a very nice one on it. I think that a nice Kurrajong tree is a very clean looking tree. My Kurrajong tree has a nice straight light grey trunk with the green tinge they get - and the trunk has a slight bottle to it - it has the nice dark green Kurrajong leaves and its pretty big. Im no Kurrajong tree expert but the ones with the big fat bottle trunk are ugly - mine is the good type.

    Another tree that I own is a Peppercorn tree. There are a lot of Peppercorn trees in the area I live and I have always thought that they are the ugliest trees. They always have the ugliest gangly looking trunks and the branches always seem to grow in a gangled kind of way. And I hate the way the leaves hang. I guess I will just have to learn to like it. Maybe trim it a bit and grow something around the trunk maybe.

    I have a few other small trees but I dont know what kind they are - the two worth mentioning are the Kurrajong and Peppercorn trees. Its a decent size block so I want to plant a heap of trees on it and I have been thinking about what kind. A Jacaranda tree takes a pretty long time to mature but apparently one that is planted from cuttings can bloom in 5-7 years which isnt too bad I guess so I will probably plant at least one of them. But I want fast growing trees so I have been thinking about going with some Eucalyptus because they are native and they grow really fast. I also like them.

    Do you like trees? Do you have a favourite tree?

    What would you plant for a feature tree?

    Got any ideas for fence line trees that suit a dry area?

    The Kurrajong picture looks a lot like a Mimosa. Similar leaves, but the pink flowers are extremely dainty and smell like perfume. We had one when I was young, but now I live in a little colder climate. Just enough to keep me from having one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Madison View Post
    Catalpa trees...first time I saw it was in Boston

    Catalpa have nice flowers, but those seed pods are crazy. The can be used as weapons when they're dried. It amazes me that they spread so far, but I suspect it's from squirrels.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Private Pickle View Post
    My practical "everyday" tree? The Eucalyptus tree. Growing up in So. Cal it was always my favorite tree. I love everything about it. From it's structure to it's bark to it's smell. Ironically it's an invasive species there.



    Favorite tree of all time? California Redwood.



    Because yeah...
    There is an active effort to get rid of the Eucalyptus tree in California, because they burn like a match.

    They will actually bring woodchippers to the site and down several trees a day around here.

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    Coast live oak. Nothing fancy but very distinctive.


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    Quote Originally Posted by US Conservative View Post
    There is an active effort to get rid of the Eucalyptus tree in California, because they burn like a match.

    They will actually bring woodchippers to the site and down several trees a day around here.
    Yeah and they have no native threats. No bugs no diseases. So they flourish to the point of being invasive. But with all that I still love their noble like structure. No need for leaves on the bottom when you can canopy the rest. Combined with their pure white bark, which by the way I’ve used as sunscreen by simply rubbing the dust off and wiping it on my face. To their incredible smell. It’s a beautiful tree to be sure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Private Pickle View Post
    Yeah and they have no native threats. No bugs no diseases. So they flourish to the point of being invasive. But with all that I still love their noble like structure. No need for leaves on the bottom when you can canopy the rest. Combined with their pure white bark, which by the way I’ve used as sunscreen by simply rubbing the dust off and wiping it on my face. To their incredible smell. It’s a beautiful tree to be sure.

    I love their smell but when they are woodchipped they stink in a very distinctive way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by US Conservative View Post
    I love their smell but when they are woodchipped they stink in a very distinctive way.
    Interesting. What does it smell like? I’ve never had the experience.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Private Pickle View Post
    Interesting. What does it smell like? I’ve never had the experience.
    Its pungent, very stinky but otherwise hard to describe but it travels far. People use the chips to line the local roads.

    Took me a while to figure out what was causing the smell.

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    Next we have number 12-The Larch


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    Buffalo.jpg

    At one time, my beloved city was home to thousands, and I mean literally thousands of American Elm trees. Alot of the streets were covered in them like old Humboldt Pkwy. pictured. Unfortunately, because of the prevalence of the Dutch Elm disease, the city's Elm population was all but decimated by the latter half of the 1970s Some street had maple and other species planted about that time and are just now beginning to see a resurgence of tree canopies over the streets.
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