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What type of leaves do you have on your trees? Multiple choice.
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None of them in my garden or doubtful they grow here in the UK! Silver Maple perhaps but not familiar with trees as much! Neighbor got a silver birch in her garden!
These are biogeographically North American species. We have hawthorn and holly.
I don't recognise any of these!
I dont know
I don't have a tree
That's okay. I know a few friends who live in apartments and they don't have trees near their apartments, either. 
No trees in my garden.
Are there any where you go walking sometimes?
Just oaks, chestnuts, firs, birches, elms, and rowans mainly. Some of these will be blossoming soon which is nice to see.
How old are they? Some of the trees we have had been removed because they got sick and stopped growing correctly, so our gardener had to remove them for us or they would have harm the area of the grass where they had been planted.
Don’t know ages of trees but some die naturally and get removed and others get similar treatment if their roots cause issues with footpaths or they grow too close to fencing or block views of house owners. A street in my area had all its trees removed as it was on a bus route and branches got in way. Shame as local birds lose resting and nesting spots when this occurs.
Yes, this is not good for the birds. Very sad.
I don't think we have these in the UK Activity. x
Thank you for letting me know that.
Cherry leaves, and blossom, an evergreen fir [in the process of being cut down] that's about it in my garden?🥴😗🙄👍
Why are they cutting down the evergreen tree? We have a few pin oaks and an evergreen near my mailbox and that only needs trimming once a year by the professional gardener that we have had for many years.
When I came to my house there were six evergreen trees, three back and three front, I could see the three at the back when standing on the front road. That was eighteen years ago, the three at the back have all been cut down, I discovered a garden there, also a dead palm tree? The three at the front, two of them I have cut down, one was getting under the house foundations! Parts of the stairs still creak inside because of that one! I have one in the front, directly outside the front door which gave me some privacy, the trunk is 3 foot diameter, about 20 foot high, actually into the pavement, I am going to cut it down and leave the root there, it cannot be removed as it probably holds up half the immediate road? A number of years ago they had to move the street lamp as it was enveloped by the aforesaid tree! Trees have a habit around here of being a nuisance, an eucalyptus tree in my neighbours had to be cut down, its leaves kept blocking the drains! There is light at the end of the tunnel I bought myself a Japanese purple maple last week, and those two cherry trees are blooming lovely at the moment!👍👍
This is very interesting. That’s great about the new trees and the blooming.😀👍🌈
There is nothing like waking up in the morning looking outside your bedroom window, and seeing those cherry blossoms, cheers up the whole area!🌸🌸🍁🤗👍
That sounds lovely to see and hear.
I don't recognise some of your choices. I have Holly and Photonia commonly known as Red Robin trees growing in my garden.
That's okay. We have a pin oak and our evergreen trees in the front yard. We share the evergreen with our next door neighbors.
What does the red robin tree leaves look like?
They look really pretty right now as the leaves turn red and then go back to green again in our Autumn (your Fall season).
Nice to hear that. Thank you for the information.😀👍🌈
None. Its spring in my part of the world. I have 21 trees in my garden.
What trees do you have?
Ahhh! Well now...
2 Silver Birch
1 Beech
2 Rowan
3 Apple
3 Crab Apple
1 Holly
1 Hawthorn
2 Magnolia
1 Camelia
2 Budleia
2 Fig
1 Weeping Cherry
1 Conference Pear
Soon to add
1 Acer
1 Liquidamber
1 Spindle
Recently lost
1 V tall Silver Birch
1 white grape
My maths is a little awry!
22
3 on order!
Jig
That's a wonderful list you have for the garden! We had over 20 trees when we moved in back in 1993.
Your list please! 😀
I will have to check in the morning for that list.😀👍🌈
I do have a little Magnolia tree in the front! I shall post a picture when in bloom! I do love it and the scent is lovely 😁
That's fantastic! Yes, please do post a picture when it's possible. I'd love to see what it looks like when it's blooming.
Wow, what riches!
It grieves me to see any tree cut down unless it's ill or a genuine hazard. I don't mind leaves, what don't get swept up are Nature's top-dressing, and we can bag up the whole lot anyway if we want for a nutritious compost.
If leaves are a problem in gutters or drains, a wire mesh covering can be used to keep them clear.
We had neighborhood children who clogged our downpour years ago and made a leak that a professional repair be necessary. They cleaned out a lot of leaves and other items and that had helped the leaking. I'm not sure exactly if the repairman used a mesh to keep the same issue from happening again, but it's been a long time since we had to call anyone to come and fix everything.
I’ve got so many oak leaves, my car could be mistaken for Bigfoot! I should donate the leaves to the next movie about snipers. Living in the south (States), we aren’t allowed to cut down the big oak trees without special permission (not that I want to, great for shade, beautiful). I should know the name of them, but I don’t. Big Southern Oaks?🤓
Not sure, but I can look it up for you after either dinner tonight or later tomorrow after breakfast and before 11:45 am.
Thank you for the offer, but I guess after 50 years of living in the south, it’s time I looked it up. I’ll get back to you.😉❤️🏄♀️
Take your time. No rush necessary!
They are called Live oaks, sometimes called Southern live oaks. 😁
Sounds nice.
presently - i have NO leaves on any of my trees !!!! i guess you could say i have invisible leaves!!!
however when they do sprout... i've got maple, oak, birch, cottonwood, pine, pear, crab apple; and i'm certain many others i've missed!!
That's really wonderful to hear! You have a lot of trees. We had a lot of trees in my backyard, but some had to be removed due to bad weather over the years since I've been in this house.
sorry to hear you've lost some - i have too; tried to plant a japanese maple - which i ADORE - twice - but it wouldn't cooperate!!
lost others too - couple i've lost to male deer who took to scrape the bark off - all the way round!!! TYVM nature's deer!!! that really irked me; one was an oak tree - which grows OH so slowly; luckly it came back - but at 1/2 the height.... 
I’ve learned that sometimes, trees and other plants don’t always cooperate with the people who plan to plant them.
I have several holly trees, two avocado trees, yew, hazel, and an apple tree. We used to have a very large walnut tree. 🙂🌲🌳
How big/tall does a yew tree get? We don't have that type here where I live.
They can grow to 100ft but that would take many, many years. 🙂
That’s fantastic! We had two trees when my brother and I were younger in the back yard, but the one that was supposed to be mine eventually had to be removed. Died because of a bad snow storm a few years ago. It lasted almost 28 years.
That’s a real shame Leah, did you feel sad when it died?
Yes, but I didn’t want it to fall in the backyard on its own.
In the Cotswolds (UK) there is a village called Painswick, they say the Yews in their church yard are the oldest in Britain. I found some pictures by googling Painswick Church Yews. My Grandfather (font of all knowledge) said Yews could only be grown in Church yards as they were poisonous to animals who would eat the berries and leaves. On the days I would consider doing my husband in, I thought about drying the black insides of the Yew berries and grinding them up, would then add to his coffee grounds. I found thinking about this very cathartic, so never tried to do it, I knew I would be caught, always was when I tried anything as a child.
wow - avocado trees!? do they bear fruit??
I planted two avocado stones about five years ago and now have two trees, they grow very quickly and I have had to cut them back several times. I don’t think they will bear fruit as our climate doesn’t suit their needs but you never know. I think they are native to Mexico and Central America. You could have a go yourself if you have a garden. 🙂👍🥑
what a wonderful and exciting thing to try!!! i'd love to - but since i'm kinda between zones 5 & 6... i doubt it would survive, let alone fruit...
but i do love avocado's.... hope yours do bear at some point!! 👍🥑👍🥑
I’m in the UK, where are zones 5 and 6?
Thank you 13ga, it would be great just to be able to pick one fresh from the tree.🙂🥑
most of the UK is in zone 9 - which means minimum temps around 20-30F (-6.7 to -1.1C).
my area is anywhere in 0 to -20F (-23 to -29C).
so i don't think an avocado tree has a prayer here... but no harm in trying (as long as i don't ask the tree's opinion! )
Thank you for that info. 13ga. You’re right avocado wouldn’t do very well in temperatures like yours. The tree would certainly agree.🙂
We save the avocado pits and planted them recently. My Niece helped a few months ago and some are actually sprouting roots.
wow - might be fun to try them indoors... but i'm sure ii'd have to put a plant light on them....
i suppose it wouldn't hurt to try and just throw outside to see what happens... wouldn't be the first time i'm setup a plant to be murdered by winter....
I think you’re right it is fun to try 13g, maybe you could put it on a windowsill where it would get maximum light. I always enjoy having a little plant to nurture. Please let us know how you get on if you do try.🙂👍🪴🥑
They seem to be very robust plants Leah, I hope you are lucky and they survive the insects.I would be interested to know how you get on.🙂🪴🥑🪲
We will have to wait and see what happens soon.
Good luck with them. 🙂👍🤞
Free walnuts , how wonderful, so when you say you used to have a large Walnut tree, may I please ask what happened to it ?
Yes, my parents had it cut down because the roots were growing under their bungalow, it was about 30ft from the property. I was only young but I asked them not to as I loved the tree, I didn’t understand about issues like subsidence then but it was a sad day for me.🙂
Very sad indeed. There used to be a Walnut tree in a garden about 5 minutes walk from where we live and that got cut down a couple of years ago. But unknown if it was for same reason. I’ve read but can’t confirm that some trees including the Beech have shallow roots which don’t affect houses in their vicinity. We look after our (by the verge) Beech tree by hose watering it in particularly dry summers. Keeping the Ivy off it and removing a certain type of fungi from the base in the Autumn. Name escapes me at present time. Could be Honey something. I’ve read that when this fungi appears, the tree is starting to die, but the one at the side of our driveway keeps on growing, so unknown if this is true or not. I might measure the trunk of it & report back.it certainly has grown in trunk size in the 40 years of living in our house.
When you think how long it takes for a tree to reach a decent size it seems an injustice to cut it down. This area used to have a lot of Walnut trees many years ago, but they are all disappearing.It’s good to know that you are looking after the Beech tree Rosepetal, it may be subject to Honey fungus but hopefully yours will survive and thrive. Let us know if you do measure the trunk. We do become attached to our plants and trees don’t we. I think in a way they are symbols of stability and continuity. 🙂
Trunk measured taken at approx Chest level shows on extra large measurement roll as 3 metres . 1. Round the Trunk. OH worked this out to be approximately 124 years old. Our house was built in 1926 but according to an old map, there were 2 cottages where our house is now.
Thanks for getting back, that’s quite a size. So it began its life in approx. 1897, hopefully it will be there for another 124 years at least. Keep up the good work you are doing to keep it healthy. I was just wondering if there is anything one can do like getting a tree preservation order for an old tree like yours. 🙂
I was thinking same, as there will come a day when I will move to live elsewhere. And I wouldn’t want it to be interfered with after I move away, I might enquire to the Woodland Trust as I know they are interested in street trees also. And they may have a Register of large trees.
If you do please let us know how you get on. It would be a crying shame if anything happened to it. 🙂
Yes, I will make some enquiries and let you know. I thought I had posted a photo of the tree trunk, but it hasn’t happened, possibly due to poor broadband signal or the size was too big. The tree did have some first aid work done on it about 2 or 3 years ago.
Thank you Rosepetal. That’s great, it’s being well looked after. 🙂
Exactly what I was thinking! If a person cuts down a tree or makes it shorter/smaller than it had been, then it's sad because it took so long for it to grow and give shade. It reminds me of the story "The Giving Tree". Eventually, it was no more because of what had been done to it.
Unfortunately many trees are having to make way for new buildings. I haven’t heard of the story, I will look it up. Thank you Leah.🙂
I’ve just looked up the story, it’s very poignant.🙁
Scots pine [needles], prunus [wildcherry] and bamboo
We have some bamboo in the back yard.
On our verge/ boundary area we have a large Beech tree and a Hornbeam tree. We also have a Sweet Chestnut tree in our garden as well as Holly which are growing in a mixed hedge and as a trimmed shaped shrub. Plus 2 Apple trees.
Wonderful! I wish the baby apple trees we’re trying to grow will be planted outside soon.😀👍🌈
We planted his and hers apple trees when we moved into the house 34 yrs ago, his is a bramley, mine is a dwarf golden delicious! Every 2 yrs we get a good crop from both of them, they were like twigs when we planted them, I love them both🥰
That’s wonderful! We had twig-like trees when we moved here and the trees grew for a long time. The one that we had to remove was mine, but my brother’s tree is still growing so far!😀👍🌈
Activity2004.Acer ! Large or small leaves I don't mind, because it is the multitude of colour they come in. Hermes123.
What color are the Acers?😀👍🌈
Hermes123.I have two Japanese Maple, one is a lush red comes out bright red and darkens over the season, the other Acer is a green version which changes to a yellowish green over the season, but it is the trees them selves, one can clip and train into wonderful Artwork so when the trees are bare of leaves one has a wonderful living sculpture to look at.
Holly
That’s beautiful! I like how Holly looks. Wish we had them in the garden.😀👍🌈
I think they're all American?? So none of them - but I do have a British Oak, a Mountain Ash Tree and loads of Sycamore that self seed!
That’s great to hear about your trees/leaves.😀👍🌈
We have mostly juniper trees.
That’s fantastic. Did you take any pictures of the trees?😀👍🌈
I believe none of those.Leslie
That’s okay. No worries about it. Which ones do you have?😀👍🌈
We have apple, pear and cherry. We also have a container grown English Oak, grown from the acorns from a memorial Oak planted in a woodland in 2000 after my brother died.
Sorry to hear about your brother. When I was younger, my parents donated to have a tree planted/named for a family member who had passed away and the tree was in Israel.
Thank you, losing Keith was hard but he was very ill. When the idea of the memorial wood came to our notice, it seemed perfect. It is on a large private estate/parkland with access to the woods. It was to raise funds for Cancer Support so was very apt. We lived quite close in those days and walked our dogs in the woods. When it dropped it’s first acorns I picked a few up and planted them. Delighted that they grew, when we moved here, we brought our baby tree in a container so that we still had a link. It is now a beautiful contained tree, we haven’t the room to plant it in the ground. I adore having trees around us and of course they are so important.
Box Elder, Scrub Oak, Ponderosa Pine, Coulter Pine, Coast Live Oak and Toyon.. There are a few "Non Natives" as well.
That’s a great list of trees/leaves.😀👍🌈
On our 10 acres in northern USA we have Birch, Elm, Red Maple, Oak. We have lots of Spruce and Pine trees too.
There are Quince trees near my old High School and that is how the school got its name. The school is: Quince Orchard High School.😀👍🌈
We have water Maples, Black Walnuts, I have 1 Peach, 1 apple, Locus & Hedge Apple. Walnut trees are wormy & don't grow straight so they aren't much good. The guys who hunt say there are wild Cherry trees back in the woods & crab apples too!
That’s a great list! Have you gotten peaches and apples lately?😀👍🌈
Last yr the frost took the peaches, have to wait & see this yr. The apple tree got 'stunted' that's what my hubby says happened. The apples were good for a few yrs then turned 'knotty'. Both trees look half dead to me I try to get peaches when I can but its a fight with the deer as they eat them while they are still green.
The deer eat unripened peaches? I didn’t know that they like peaches when not ripe. Are they big when they are still ripening?😀👍🌈
No trees in my garden, next door has a buddleia big enough to be a tree, the High Street has trees along it, they have catkins in the spring, but what they are I do not know.
That’s okay. There are some trees my neighbors have that I don’t know what they are since they are not in the front yard for everyone to see.😀👍🌈
The most beautiful tree of time we have is a Red Oak, but it is unique! Our Red Oak is actually a pointer tree that was knotted by a Native American Indian. The purpose was simple, the knot in the now 4 foot wide tree points directly to a water well that comes straight out of the ground. Our town is Indian Trail.
That’s fantastic history and interesting information. Thank you for sharing this with us.😀👍🌈
I live in Supported Living and, we have, a Communal Garden. I can't remember what grows 'around the back'- there are some trees near the Nesting Box- but opposite my Flat is a huge Cherry Plum Tree, that overhangs our garden- from next door. There are young Hawthorn Trees around the borders and some- very large- Spreading Shrubs, outside the main fence (road side).... that are 'finding' their way 'in'.
I think a lot of the Trees, that you refer to, relate to The Americas.... I'm the Other Side, of 'The Pond', in England. I know that, in a few cases, we know the Same Tree by another name- i.e. Silver and White Birch.
It would be, very interesting, to Compare our 'Indigenous' Tree species... not all of which are necessarily 'Native'. We have a Horse Chestnut, The Conker Tree, originally introduced by The Romans. So well Established is, this tree, that many 'mistake' it for a Native.
Perhaps a Project, for the Future?
AndrewT
yes we have pictures 5 acres of them.
That’s wonderful to hear. I will have to see if I can get a picture of a few of the trees we have here.😀👍🌈
I also have a dogwood tree.
How tall is the dogwood tree?
Ours isn't to tall it is only about 12 to 15 feet tall. I have seen them a lot taller. It will be blooming soon.
Orange lemon figs palms and olives and Cyprus trees (live in the Mediterranean).
This sounds wonderful and lovely.
We have an apple tree and lots of different shrubs. Camelia, Mahonia, Viburnum all of which have leaves xxx
I've never heard of these trees in the UK or Europe so think they must be US species. Here in the UK most trees are still bare apart from firs and evergreens. There are new leaves on garden roses but they aren't trees..
Thank you for letting me know that information. It's very helpful.
None of the above grow here
Green in summer and brown in Autumn from next door , all I have is s lovely Holly Bush..
A Holly bush sounds beautiful, Clive. How big is it?
Only three foot 😁
That’s great to know. Thank you, Clive.😀👍🌈
I am in UK where none of these are native.
The leaves are small dainty teardrop shape, medium green in color. In Spring wide pea pod shaped pods bursts open to reveal clusters of dainty white flowers that cover the whole tree. They release the most delightful scent that lasts for about a week. Then they fade until next Spring. The tree is perfectly shaped about 25 feet tall and provides much needed seasonal shade.
We’ve lost many other trees and shrubs in the 47 years we lived here.
When I planted it the shape was odd in that its trunk was 3” in diameter and had 3 symmetrically spaced limbs on each side. No leaves or flowers pods present.
What a delightful surprise when she developed into this magnificent beauty in her maturation.
I discovered that this variety is used in the local strip malls landscaping.
Occasionally the bottom limbs must be pruned as they naturally flow down and outward making mowing a challenge as well as entering/exiting the driveway.
Thank you for asking about my Little Leaf Linden.
EJ 🤗
Thank you for the wonderful story about your tree. I enjoyed reading about it.
Trees are my favourite thing, far more even than flowers. They clean the air that we breathe; hold land together; offer protection to wildlife; give us shade; calm, heal & lift the emotions. I read about your wonderful giant redwoods & eventually saw them on film. Here in the UK, in a recent home I was fortunate to have a huge silver birch in front of my window, & mixed planting all around. In my present home there are broad-leaved trees not far away.
That's wonderful to hear. How old is the silver birch?
Blue Spruce, Hickory, Juniper, Eastern Cedar, Sycamore, Black Walnut and Soft and Hard Maple.
What does a soft maple look like?
Hello Activity2004
Soft Maple trees are like Silver Maple, Red Maple and Japanese Maple. Just about any maple tree which is not hard maple like Sugar Maple trees. I also forgot to mention the White and Pink Dogwood trees. We have a Dogwood festival every April. Also Redbud tree, Sassafras tree and Osage Orange tree. I live in a very large hardwood area.
The Dogwood Festival sounds like what they have in the Washington, DC area. They have a yearly Cheery Blossom Festival where anyone who wanted to can come and go see the Cherry Blossoms. We are lucky that we don't have to go to the DC's Festival to see them because they're out my window!
Hello Activity2004
Yes the Dogwood tree blossoms are very similar to The Cherry blossoms. My son lives in Washington DC, but have not been there for Cherry Blossom Festival. Have seen pictures, looks gorgeous.
The Festival has been done virtual because of COVID. They can't cancel it because other people would complain. So, this was the decision everyone went along with when it came time for it.
A particularly nice poll, thank you Activity2004
You’re welcome! Thank you for saying that about the poll. When I get a chance to post my pictures of trees, one will be on the posting and the other is going to be in the comments section of the posting since the pictures are not showing up at the moment.😀👍🌈
Our local park has a mixture. There are a lot of hawthorns, cherries and horse chestnuts, the children love the conkers.
What do conkers look like? I don't think we have those by where I live.
Activity2004 they are in a prickly case about 2-3 inches across. When ripe it breaks open to reveal a hard, brown, shiny nut. In the UK kids used to make a hole in them and thread a piece of string through and have conker fights where you bash one conker against the other. The person whose conker remains intact wins the game.
That sounds like an interesting idea for a game. Is it done only during the Spring time?
The conkers mature in Autumn.
.In my garden in yorkshire we have a holly tree, a large rhodadendren, a spuce tree and two lilac trees.I love it when the lilacs are in bloom and you can smell the blossom in the air.
I love the smell of lilac and lavender.
Me too
Hi Leah, I'm an apartment dweller but there are two nondescript trees I've never identified growing right outside. If I listen carefully I can hear them cough as they absorb all that pollution from so many passing cars! 😃. I quite like their being there, but one's a bit tiresome in one way as it blocks a lot of my light in summer and prevents my being as nosy as I am in winter when the boughs are bare.
Can the landlord hire someone to do some trimming so you can see outside the window at the scenery?
I would have loved to tell you what leaves were on our trees BUT we have lived here almost 2 years & not only do we NOT have trees, but we do NOT have flowers or bushes. In fact the only thing we have in abundance is grass! Very green grass! Oh, and a hay field day in front of our patio. But, sadly nothing with leaves 🍃. 😟😟
Are you near a farm? 😀👍🌈
How about yew, walnut, holly and silver birch?