Trees from a distance

[JD3000]

And I was poking fun while hoping that there are lilacs that size.

Saw one at OSU on a plant ID quiz walk that was over 30'

 

[oldoakman]

Wish we had them down here. They are my wife's favorite spring flower.

 

[JD3000]

Wish we had them down here. They are my wife's favorite spring flower.

Japanese tree lilac is a sporadic bloomer and has a different fragrance. Nice little tree but nothing like the fragrance of the shrub species.

 

[oldoakman]

Japanese tree lilac is a sporadic bloomer and has a different fragrance. Nice little tree but nothing like the fragrance of the shrub species.

I know. Not the same though.

 

[oldoakman]

Let's get back with the program gentlemen.

 

[SomethingWitty]

Let's get back with the program gentlemen.

I'm with it, it's just that I have to wait to see what it is.

 

[Jonny]

Next up... Any one of the group. They are all the same.

We’re still on this one, correct?
Sweetgum?

 

[JD3000]

Heptocodium

 

[oldoakman]

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We’re still on this one, correct?
Sweetgum?

The group in front. Sweet gum is too easy.

 

[oldoakman]

Heptocodium

Nah.

 

[Jonny]

But I wasn’t wrong!

 

[oldoakman]

Well, maybe only half right. I did initially say "any of the group".

 

[Jonny]

Half right is like 50% better than I usually do on this thread.

 

[oldoakman]

Hey, at least you are in the game.

 

[JD3000]

How bout a hint?

 

[oldoakman]

Close relatives genus is more well known. Genus on this one has been changed recently. Maybe within last 5 years. Not a native plant.

 

[ATH]

Styphnolobium?

 

[JD3000]

Styphnolobium?

My first thought too but didn't seem right. Guessing a more southern species

 

[oldoakman]

Not that, but I do have one planted and it is doing well. Think more generic. You have the related species in ohio. The relatives are wildlife food producers. Particularly birds.

 

[robinia]

Relatives are Prunus?