Good Looking Trees

Muddy
USA
Y’all have trees you would just love to have in your front yard? (Weather no issue, let’s say it grows wherever your at)


I was recently in Monterrey, California and one tree that’s common there is the Cypruss https://calscape.com/ExtData/allimages/P…

I fucking love those things. I would put them all over my block if I could get away with it.

Also I do really like looking at those Mexican Fan Palm trees (think Hollywood the real tall ones) I think when they line the streets that’s looks so sharp. All those out there are about a century old. They aren’t even native to LA but in the 20’s folks wanted Los Angeles to have biblical feel so they planted them. I think that was good foresight came out to be iconic of that state https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/cont…

Honorable mention to those Oak Trees with Spanish moss you find in Savanah, Georgia. https://innonwestliberty.com/wp-content/…

How about y’all out there?

18 comments

  • motorhead
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    a year ago
    My parents lived in Florida and I fell in love with the purple jacarandas when in bloom


    https://eureka-farms.com/cdn/shop/files/…
  • Muddy
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    a year ago
    *Specifically the Monterey Cypruss (there are other types of Cypruss but I mean that one)


    And yeah Motörhead I could see the appeal. Not gonna miss that house.
  • Muddy
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    a year ago
    And you know when I was growing up, one hippie couple down the block had a “bamboo” house. Just fucking thickets of bamboo in the front and back yard, could hardly see the house. We used to take the bamboo and do medieval jousting and sword fights with it and they would get pissed. But all the neighbors hated them because bamboo grows like crazy you can’t stop it. Smells like shit too. It was even fucking up the street from underneath. The whole thing looked ridiculous.
    This was in Long Island too, it’s all Levitt houses for miles and miles, very dense so everyone is on top each other, making bamboo a BITCH to your neighbors 5 yards away.
  • datinman
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    a year ago
    Muddy, Trees don't really do it for me, but everyone has their own kinks, so here you go.

    https://stock.adobe.com/images/hole-in-t…
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/cupcakebyc…
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlsDooMK…

    Oh, that's not what you meant? Well, in South Florida I have seen some Rainbow Eucalyptus trees that were beautiful. https://www.oneearth.org/species-of-the-…
  • loper
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    a year ago
    Japanese maple.
  • skibum609
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    a year ago
    ^exceptional choice, so I will choose Sugar maple and wait for fall.
  • twentyfive
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    a year ago
    https://live.staticflickr.com/783/406310…
    If you have a large piece of property thi tree is a banyan the amount of shade is amazing
  • JackKash
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    a year ago
    I was in Rome this past winter and really liked these "stone pine" trees.
    https://anamericaninrome.com/wp-content/…
  • Huntsman
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    a year ago
    Oak and sugar maple. Throw in a big white pine.
  • Jascoi
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    a year ago
    got a big ass oak shading most all my family cabin. probably 98 years old.
  • motorhead
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    a year ago
    @25

    At the Highlands County Courthouse in central Florida there’s a huge Banyan tree. Kids can walk thru it.

    One of the Hurricanes that passed thru Central Florida - maybe Charley ? - damaged it so its not as impressive as it once was
  • twentyfive
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    a year ago
    ^ there are some very large estate properties near my home a few have very large banyan trees that are spectacular there’s one in particular about 2 miles from my home a huge sprawling area has to be at least 10-15 acres completely surrounded by a huge hedge, the you can’t see the house but there is a banyan tree in the front yard that the canopy spans at least 2-3 acres it’s an absolutely spectacular tree with the multiple trunks at least 100 feet in diameter
    It’s a sight to behold
  • shadowcat
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    a year ago
    You "leaves" get off my lawn.
  • RattleSnake777
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    a year ago
    A well groomed bush. Slight floral scent. And cherry trees.
  • gSteph
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    a year ago
    We've got a magnificent oak in our backyard, planted in 1961 by previous owners daughter as grade school project.

    Read a book about how oaks support the widest variety of insects and other life than any other tree family.

    But what I love seeing most is groves of giant conifers, that Oregon used to have so much more of.
  • Alexfox
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    a year ago
    There used to be a beautiful big Monterey cypress behind my place. Eventually it got too big and was taken down. I was sad to see it go, but since that time my annual spring affliction of itchy eyes and sneezing fits is a thing of the past. Over a third of the Japanese population suffers from the same cedar/cypress pollen allergy.
  • mogul1985
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    a year ago
    I grew up in NY. The Adirondack Mountains & Catskills are spectacular in Fall: oak, sugar maple, elm, birch, etc just burst with color.

    Where we lived 15 years ago here in Colorado our neighbor had an Aspen. These bastards spread like bamboo. It had shoots invading our yard. As I mowed the yard I’d make a small trench around the shoot, cut the runner and pour on some Round-Up in hopes the runners would take it back to the tree. Man it was annoying!

    I do miss the colors of NYS.
  • bubba267
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    a year ago
    As an avid hunter, Quercus Alba, White Oak. At maturity, they are magnificent.
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