Are there any trees prettier than a white birch tree??

[JJ650]

Ginkos and Deodar Cedars are nice as well.
Live Oaks are pretty wicked looking once they get real old.
Google Angel Oak.

 

[Eli]

*sigh* Got home tonight to a note on the door. Electric company wants my 100 year old maple tree taken down because part of it leans over the power lines (It's about 30-40 feet above the power lines.)

:'(

 

[ProfJohn]

I am privy to the japanese stewartia. Beautiful bark. Serrated foliage emerges bronzy purple in spring, develops into a dark green by summer, and turns red or orange in the fall. In midsummer, "glamorous" white camellia-like flowers open in random succession.

Never a dull moment...for a tree

That is awesome!

Might put one of those on the opposite corner of the birch trees. Have a rounded slope on that side of the yard (side and back looks like a Nascar track the way it slopes)

Could carve out some room in the corner, build a little retaining wall area around it and place it as a specimen tree. Would make an awesome addition for that corner since I think I am cover the whole sloped area with bushes and flowers and such.

 

[ProfJohn]

*sigh* Got home tonight to a note on the door. Electric company wants my 100 year old maple tree taken down because part of it leans over the power lines (It's about 30-40 feet above the power lines.)

That sucks.

Friend had a tree butchered for the same reason. Took every branch off one side and left a lopsided ugly ass tree.

under ground utilities FTW

 

[alkemyst]

That sucks.

Friend had a tree butchered for the same reason. Took every branch off one side and left a lopsided ugly ass tree.

under ground utilities FTW

QFT...however; are you willing to pay for the conversion. I have done it from the pole to my home. It's about $2000-3000 roughly with you doing some of the work (the trenching).

The sad thing is much of the time the tree issues are due to a property owner placing a tree too close (or right inside) a utility easement.

I have two beautiful palms in the back of my home that are a little over 20' tall that are now approaching the high voltage lines. They are already touching the phone/cable runs and I keep them trimmed away. FPL already told me I should look at moving them if I want to keep them because it's a pricey proposition.

I don't want to see the trees destroyed, but I am going to probably end up moving soon. I made a few calls and many would pay me to take the trees. However without them, my backyard doesn't look as nice.

 

[iGas]

 

[n7]

Oaks, maples, blue spruce, just to name a few.

I love trees in general really

 

[Locut0s]

Yes love arbutus trees.

 

[MovingTarget]

400 year old live oaks

This. Especially with moss hanging down.

 

[Born2bwire]

And now...

The Horse Chestnut.

 

[davmat787]

My previous home had white birch trees lining the property on the two sides facing streets, one of the reasons I was so attracted to the property. I have always loved white birch, I miss them and you rarely see them up here in the NW. Also had a couple of Alaska Cedars.

Its funny, whenever I go visit relatives back in the Midwest or East, I always comment on how lucky they are to have all those great deciduous leafy trees and willows. They always comment on how lucky we are to have coniferous trees, cedars, etc when they visit us.

 

[dennilfloss]

I'm allergic to birch pollen.:| I like maple, oak and gingko trees the best.

 

[zinfamous]

do you guys really like gingko trees? relaly?

I mean...do you actually live near them, year-round? because if you do....eewwwwwww.

 

[Pray To Jesus]

 

[Newbian]

I always loved a good weeping willow tree:

The problem with them is you just want to lay down under one and take a nap.

 

[BoomerD]

*sigh* Got home tonight to a note on the door. Electric company wants my 100 year old maple tree taken down because part of it leans over the power lines (It's about 30-40 feet above the power lines.)

Tell them that your tree was there long before their power poles...if the tree is a problem...they can move their poles.


(that should give them some laughs anyway)

 

[lxskllr]

Tell them that your tree was there long before their power poles...if the tree is a problem...they can move their poles.


(that should give them some laughs anyway)

My oak in my backyard is historic, and I've been thinking about having it registered. Those asswipes have hacked off a couple limbs, and I'm not happy about it. That tree was around before the USA was, and if I get it registered, they won't be able to touch it.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Screw those birch trees. They're all over the city here and they drop their huge messy payload of seeds everywhere all the damn time.

 

[highland145]

Sorry to hear Doc. Agree with the underground if it's doable.

My oak in my backyard is historic, and I've been thinking about having it registered. Those asswipes have hacked off a couple limbs, and I'm not happy about it. That tree was around before the USA was, and if I get it registered, they won't be able to touch it.

Understand you want to protect the tree but I'd be careful when dealing with historic groups. Find out ALL of the ramifications.

Boomer, swiped the Wyoming pic for wallpaper.:thumbsup:

 

[BrokenVisage]

Ey yo, where da white birches at??

 

[Oil]

+1 for live oaks. My fav :thumbsup:

 

[KidNiki1]

the banyan tree is pretty amazing looking. not sure i would want one in my yard but i do like them a lot.

i have always been partial to weeping willow trees tho. i have lots of memories of the one in my grandmothers front yard...hiding inside the branches and reading books undisturbed in my little willow tree 'home'. japanese maples are also very very pretty.

 

[Eli]

My previous home had white birch trees lining the property on the two sides facing streets, one of the reasons I was so attracted to the property. I have always loved white birch, I miss them and you rarely see them up here in the NW. Also had a couple of Alaska Cedars.

Its funny, whenever I go visit relatives back in the Midwest or East, I always comment on how lucky they are to have all those great deciduous leafy trees and willows. They always comment on how lucky we are to have coniferous trees, cedars, etc when they visit us.

???

Really? Birches are super common in NW Oregon. It's funny because I was just cleaning the exterior of my car up a bit and found a bunch of birch cones around the vents on the hood.

 

[ProfJohn]

Now THIS is a tree!

Get me one of these and I won't need anything else in the yard!

BTW it's Honolulu, park near Waikiki

 

[DrPizza]

That sucks.

Friend had a tree butchered for the same reason. Took every branch off one side and left a lopsided ugly ass tree.

under ground utilities FTW

That's actually what they wanted to do. 70% of the tree goes straight up, well past the power lines, then branches out. 30% of the tree branches off lower, away from the road. Overall, it has a nice shape. If they take out 70% of the tree, it would look ugly & would end up needing to be taken down within 5 years anyway. So, if they want to take some of it down and leave an eyesore, they can take all of it down. I'll save them the trouble of chipping the branches and leaves though - they can feed them to the goats.

It's not the line from the pole to the house that's a problem - if it was, I'd seriously consider switching to underground - I could do 90% of the work myself and it really wouldn't cost that much. (In fact, I'll be running a 100Amp underground feed to a service panel in my barn one of these days.) If they were going to 9600V service lines underground, they'd have to do miles of it underground.