Favourite trees

[minty]

My favourite tree is the Kowhai (Sophora).I have always loved them.I propogate them from seed and sell,donate or plant them out myself whenever I can,its a labour of love.That birds love the nectar is an added bonus.

Have you got a favourite tree?

 

 

 

 

[David Humphries]

Great shots Minty.

 

For me, nothing quite rocks my dingy like an old majestic Oak.

 

The fact that it interacts with so many different organisms, speaks to me of maximum harmonic optimisation.

 

You gotta love the dynamism of the Redwoods and Eucs, then the kaleidoscopic qualities of the Maples & Rosacea.

 

But Quercus robur wins hands done for me - nature at it's most imperialistic.

 

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Edited August 22, 2009 by Monkey-D

[Marc]

So many tree it hard to pick one, 1st London Plane - platanus x hispanica

2nd Hornbeam - Carpinus

[treewizard]

got to be Cedrus libani for me

[David oakman]

Same as Dr monkeyd all of the oaks for me i love them. then i would go for field maple.

[gibbon]

Dawn Redwood or the mighty Boabab. I've got Boabab growing at home I'm going to bonsai. I collected the seeds from this village.

[tommer9]

I collected the seeds from this village.

 

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[Trav013]

Gibbon, just out of interest where is that pic from???

 

For me yeah planes & oaks have so much character also a brazlian tree called Jatoba is a great tree which I dont have any pic will try to get some but yes so many.

 

Also minty that pic of the bird upside down is awesome!!!

[gibbon]

Gibbon, just out of interest where is that pic from???

 

For me yeah planes & oaks have so much character also a brazlian tree called Jatoba is a great tree which I dont have any pic will try to get some but yes so many.

 

Also minty that pic of the bird upside down is awesome!!!

 

A village called Bafiloto, about halfway up the river Gambia.

 

Do they have the Jacaranda trees with those amazing purple flowers in your part of Brazil? I pruned some of those in Argentina and some massive Tipo's!

 

Trav that photo in your avatar isn't cayos Zapatillas in Panama is it? If so I got the same photo

[Andy Collins]

Same as Dr monkeyd all of the oaks for me i love them. then i would go for field maple.

 

I think the field maple is greatly under-rated, a mature veteran F Maple can be stunning. I say my favourites include the majesty of Oaks, the beauty of Metasequoia glyptostroboides, the simplicity and dappling of shade from a Silver Birch