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[mstyrion 1]

Citrus-the scent of the blossoms in the spring is intoxicating

Olive-they cause a lot of allergy problems, but I love the gray-green foliage and the interesting trunk shapes

Maple-the house I grew up in was surrounded by them

Mesquite-they also have interesting twisted trunks. The foliage is ferny and bright, bright green in the Spring

Blue Spruce

Redbud

[Oznell]

Have always had an almost emotional attachment to birches.  Those graceful silver trunks, the interesting variegated bark.

Chestnuts.  We kids used to hunt on the ground for those glossy, glossy nuts-- looked like mahogany!   We didn't do anything with them though-- just collected them.

[151949]

I love maple trees. Huge leaves give perfect shade. Our yard in Pa was 1/2 acre and we had it planted with one oak and a few elms that the builder had left there then we put in 15 maple trees - Norway Maples and silver maples. Our backyard faced south but those trees gave us a beautiful shady yard and nice cool house. We had many picnics out in the shade of those trees. 

The person who bought the house wanted to plant vegetables and cut almost all them down. It really makes me sad.

[PurpleBunny]

I love them all - big, little, deciduous, evergreen, flowering, etc.

I respect trees. I am literally - a tree hugger!  

I always look at them and wonder, "what have you seen?"

🌲🌳🌴

[PurpleBunny]

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@Oznell wrote:

Have always had an almost emotional attachment to birches.  Those graceful silver trunks, the interesting variegated bark.

Chestnuts.  We kids used to hunt on the ground for those glossy, glossy nuts-- looked like mahogany!   We didn't do anything with them though-- just collected them.

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Me too. They remind me of Maine. I have a large painting of birch trees in my dining room. 

[Quse]

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@qvcaddition wrote:

@Quse

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@Quse wrote:

Omigosh, how to choose..I love trees! I'm particularly drawn to knobby, twisted and gnarled ones that are old.

But also

Cherry

Apple

Pear (pretty much any fruit tree)

Oak

Clusters of birch

Huge, old maples

Blue spruce

Redwoods are gorgeous (although I've never seen them in person)

there's so many to choose....

My neighbor has a gorgeous tree, I don't know what it is, it looks somewhat like a maple, but isn't. It grows fairly stright without branching out much, but turns scarlett, fire red and plum in the Fall, absolutely gorgeous!

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Sounds like LIQUID AMBER.  Used to have one.  Goggle it. They are gorgeous in the fall.

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@qvcaddition It could very well be that, looks very similar. I asked my 98 year old neighbor once and she told me..I could've sworn it was a much more "foo foo" name than liquid amber, she was in the garden society club and they sold unusual trees every hear. She's gone now, so I can't ask her, but the Liquid Amber is beautiful. I may have to look into planting a couple in the yard if they would survive this zone....thanks!

[Sweetbay magnolia]

Sweetbay magnolia (and Cornus florida - flowering dogwood). Oaks for their strength.