What Is The Most Boring Tree You Have?

Frax

Frax

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Expat now in Chapel Hill, NC by way of Calgary, Al
No trees are really boring on their own, but every region has one or two trees that developers can't seem to get anough of. And we end up taking care of zillions of them!
You all know what I mean.
For me working at a condo complex usually means endless Shubert choke cherries. It's like taking a sleeping pill.
I'm wondering if any of you are going to mention Bradford pears. Those don't grow here. You know, I've never even seen one....!
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In our area the most boring and insipid tree is without doubt the Leyland Cypress - Cuprocyparis leylandii, the fast growing offspring of Cupressus macrocaropa and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis - this tree is the most boring choice of tree for any situation. It should be banned.


Was once involved in a street tree maintenance program which was about 70% Bradford Pear - pathetic tree. Someone has made a fortune selling these trees, I hope they feel bad.




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Honey Locust, especially if they've never been pruned. Branches are so gnarly and they get caught up in everything, and when aphid season hits you don't even need to bring a lunch that day. Its a whole new ball game if you step into a native one, the pic is of the fun that greets you in those.

Ash trees, and Norway Maples... But I like climbing Norway's, easy climbs, easy to read while rigging.
 

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bradford pears & silver maples, and ANY tree that was previously topped because its mostly a waste of time. I pruned hundreds of honey locusts in ohio, can't believe i'm saying this but I actually miss them. but like treeness said, if they have never been pruned its grueling. Similar to a never pruned pin oak.

But both usually have so much deadwood that its rewarding to see the finished product. I also like both honeys and pins because they are tough as nails.
 
Norway maple. It's the one that grows on the property border that no pays attention to until it's too big. Nothing grows underneath and it puts out the most leaves. Wouldn't want to see them to see them be completely eradicated, I'll save that chore for the Bradfords. Mulberries are second to the norways.
 
Adding a vote for Bradfords and Leylands.
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McMinnville and Manchester, TN are just up the road from me, and that is big time nursery country for woody ornamentals.

It's Bradford pearadise.

When I drive through there, I wonder if I've landed in purgatory for the botched pruning cuts I've made.
 
Don't you marvel at all trees? From the willow to the redwood, I like em all. Isn't the Jacaranda beautiful? Wish I had just one. Think of the breeding and development that went into each one let alone the millions of years of natural selection that created them.
 
We just got done with 2 jobs pruning tons of Pin oaks in parking lot medians. Most of them had die back in the tips and miseltoe everywhere there was life. They were ridiculous jobs and somewhat pointless. Entirely monotonous and like wrestling a bag of cats. That said, they helped buy diapers and food in this crappy economy. The same can be said for bradfords. Stupid charlie brown tree, but its always falling apart to give someone a job.
 
Its hard to think of a boring tree.

One of the most common out here is red maple, but if they are in decent condition, I like pruning those.

I'd say that arborvitae shearing or hedge shearing is the main thing I find boring.

Could be any species in a hedge, as long as it's a hedge.
 
I would definitely say Arborvitae and Bradford Pear. but even then, I would have to say any tree is an awesome tree. except for cottonwoods...
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I actually like climbing cottonwoods, or should I say large poplars. They are the only really big deciduous trees we have. We don't prune them often.
Some of the trees mentioned I can only gloat that we never have 'em here. But some of the others mentioned...well we could only dream that we could have such trees here to climb. Works both ways!
 
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Don't you marvel at all trees? From the willow to the redwood, I like em all. Isn't the Jacaranda beautiful? Wish I had just one. Think of the breeding and development that went into each one let alone the millions of years of natural selection that created them.

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yeah they are sooooo pretty in full bloom but they are very brittle trees to work in and wound wood takes forever to develop. they are not as responsive to heavy pruning as others genus's are. i took a 6 inch diameter branch off one and its been about a year and 2 large storms with tons of water and still no wound wood yet.
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