Trees from a distance

[robinia]

Carpinus betulus 'Pendula'

 

[willbranch]

Is it a Weeping Filbert, Corylus avellana?

 

[theXman]

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Dwarf weeping beech. (I have no idea).

[/ QUOTE ]zale is pretty much right, he got it, on my phone and I just remembered I have not checked back in. I forget the variety right now, but weeping, beech and dwarf

 

[guymayor]

well then to back up since i got the mistletoe (ta-da!) here's a mature tree in flower in raleigh nc

 

[guymayor]

looking up

 

[scubadude1188]

Hickory of some sort?

 

[opposablethumb]

Halesia caroliniana/Halesia tetraptera

 

[guymayor]

No and no nuts nor bells

Purple flowers emerge preleaf

Exotic but a very close kin well known down south

 

[Frax]

I should not guess these things. I should go away now. But I seem to have low impulse control. oh, well, sigh, here it goes again...

Magnolia sargentiana?

 

[tomthetreeman]

Paulownia tomentosa?

 

[robinia]

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Paulownia tomentosa?

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X2. Beat me to it!

 

[zale]

X3. If it is, very valuable tree. High demand in asia for the wood.

 

[guymayor]

Close! P tomentosa is a timber tree in SE NC and is also a roadside kind of tree here, as is a kin to this one. doubt that the timber from this one is worth much then again i have never cut a mature one.

Paulownia has bigger more purple flowers and keeps seed pods on a long time and grows to a bigger height.

yer warm...

 

[trees4ever]

Okay, coming out of the wood work -

How about Jacaranda Mimosifolia?


-Diane

 

[opposablethumb]

Cercis chinensis

 

[guymayor]

Jac dies in zone 8--here is 7.
also jac has smoother bark than even paulownia

Several times the size of any C chinensis ime

i've seen trees with this scientific name at farmsteads and downtown streets; it's been growing in the SE USA for centuries.

 

[trees4ever]

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i've seen their kin in farmsteads, downtown streets; grown in the SE centuries ago.

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So, Guy, is 'their kin' the southern Catalpa ( C. bignonioides)?



-Diane

 

[guymayor]

no, catalpa is a stockier tree with a white flower

not sure this one is grown where the redwoods are

zone 7 northern limit for the species. this individual tree used to have another species name but the taxonomists in their wisdom eliminated it.

dirr hates the species; says it is worse than ailanthus; "pestiferous". I'm raising them.

natl champ of species is 47' x 44'--this one looks very close to that, tho i have reduced its spread over the years.

 

[trees4ever]

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not sure this one is grown where the redwoods are

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Yeah, not much grows around redwood trees... they make sure of that!


I'll leave this one for Tom to figure out.

-Diane

 

[theXman]

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I'll leave this one for Tom to figure out.

-Diane

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and what about X or Robinia?

Guy,

Melia azedarach

Chinaberry or Pride of India or variety close to that.

In the mohogany family.

Very smooth bark, Chinaberry has purplish to white flowers. Zone 7 and the correct mature size Guy talked about.

Someone else go again if I got it right. I should not be getting on the buzz this week; makes me stay up late...