Picture
here. The flowers give off a mild, sweet smell and are kinda sticky at the white, hollow ends. The shells on the left open into halves, and those halves are divided in half, so I doubt they are nutshells (unless those nuts come pre-cut into quarters). This all came from a tree with wide green leaves, here in the southeast USA. That's all I remember about it. Any ideas what tree this might be? Any help would be appreciated!
posted by ditto75
on May 20, 2013 -
9 answers
Does anyone know what kind of tree
this is? It came up in one of my raised beds last year, just a single stick with dark red leaves. I left it alone to see what it would turn into. This picture is what it looks like now, and the leaves have turned
much more green, although they did come out red again at first. I've never noticed any flowers or fruit on it so far. The very tips of the branches are covered with little green aphids and the occasional ant. I'm trying to decide if I want to cut it down or try to move it, but I've not been able to get a definite ID to help me.
posted by dilettante
on May 15, 2013 -
7 answers
So, about a year and a half ago, we bought a house! Awesome. For the first time, I have a back yard and a front yard and a lawn and...
stuff, and I don't know, maybe because I'm old and boring now, I've started to give a crap about making my lawn look nice. Something is really starting to piss me off...
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posted by kbanas
on May 11, 2013 -
25 answers
We recently bought a house with neglected apple trees and I would like to learn how to care for them.
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posted by shothotbot
on May 6, 2013 -
10 answers
What type of tree is
this? I'm sure it's quite common, as they're found all over Chicago. There were no old leaves on the ground nearby, and I'm useless at identifying leafless deciduous trees unless they're white and peeling. Thanks.
posted by heyho
on Apr 24, 2013 -
10 answers
I have a large container in my back yard that I want to use for a dwarf tree. The container is at least 3 by 3 feet and gets full sun. It's very important that the tree stay short - four feet is best, five feet would be ok. I want to get tasty fruit from it. I want it to stay healthy and require minimal maintenance. Please give me species recommendations and tips.
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posted by bq
on Mar 31, 2013 -
19 answers
You know that last time you drove through Mississippi or Louisiana and you passed by acre after acre of pine trees, all in nice rows? Help me find a publicly-accessible spot like that near New Orleans so that I can use it as a background in a photo.
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posted by komara
on Mar 5, 2013 -
13 answers
I have always been one of those "I have no green thumb" type people, but now I want an indoor plant for my NYC apartment. Specifics inside.
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posted by sweetkid
on Feb 6, 2013 -
31 answers
We live in a rural New England house on a wooded lot and we don't actually know a whole lot about taking care of trees. Other than 'you should call someone and learn about taking care of trees' what will be useful for us to know?
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posted by A Terrible Llama
on Feb 6, 2013 -
14 answers
I want to create a family tree that includes my grandparents, my parents and their siblings, and all their children (my cousins), and finally my siblings children. If possible I'd also like to include everyone's spouses as well.
Ideally I want to be able to include photos, and contact information for each of them. I could certainly try to create this myself but realized someone else has probably done the same thing so I'm hoping I can spare myself the extra work.
Can anyone help me with this request?
posted by Wanderer7
on Jan 9, 2013 -
3 answers
How to relax a Christmas tree. It has been unwrapped now for two days and the limbs aren't relaxing much into a tree shape. It looks like it is preparing for re-entry rather than lights and decorations.
What do we do?
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posted by leafwoman
on Dec 8, 2012 -
11 answers
I want a Christmas tree, but I am moving overseas in the new year and DO NOT NEED MORE STUFF. What can I make that is a) festive, b) disposable and c) close to free? (I'd prefer not to contribute a huge pile o'plastic to Boxing Day landfill either)
posted by superfish
on Nov 23, 2012 -
29 answers
I am interested in growing blight resistant American Chestnut Trees in Northern New Jersey. Where can I find seeds or seedlings?
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posted by JayNolan
on Nov 13, 2012 -
11 answers
What tree should we plant in our small front yard? We're in DC, and the area gets full sun. We'd like something beautiful and maybe blossomy, but that grows relatively quickly and is somewhat idiot-proof. Also, any good books or sites out there on tree care?
posted by yarly
on Sep 26, 2012 -
14 answers
How sketchy is this? And how overpriced? We have a big tree in our yard from Hurricane Isaac. The apartment complex behind us has a tree cutting guy in the back with a crane to cut down that tree, as its roots are on their property. There is a tree in our neighbor's yard that has its roots on our property, so it's our responsibility. The tree cutters with the crane came and gave me an estimate of $700 to remove the 2 fallen branches of our tree or $1500 to remove the whole tree. The prices are only good now while he already has the crane back there. I am very hesitant to do this without having gotten estimates, but on the other hand, if that's a good deal, it'd be gone now. We can't afford the $1500 right now, but could swing the $700 and just be poor for a while. Run away or take the deal? Also, we hate (HATE) the neighbors with the yard that our tree is in, so not dealing with them further would be excellent.
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posted by artychoke
on Sep 7, 2012 -
25 answers
Can you help me identify this tree? I tried to key it out but ran into the limits of my tree vocabulary. It's in Burnet Woods in Cincinnati and you can view photos of the
tree, the
leaves (which are alternate and barely serrated),
the bark, and the
fruit.
posted by toodleydoodley
on Jul 24, 2012 -
15 answers
I have a huge elm tree in my backyard that has most likely been there since my house was built in 1925, if not before. Yesterday the city forestry guy came by and said that the tree *might* be showing the early signs of dutch elm disease. Is there anything proactive I can do to save the tree?
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posted by weathergal
on Jun 22, 2012 -
6 answers
I need to find a sawyer in Austin, TX who will come to my yard and turn a 2' thick 9' long fallen tree trunk into wood sizes that I specify.
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posted by hanoixan
on Jun 10, 2012 -
6 answers
I greatly over watered my emerald green arborvitaes this season, so now the tops are drooping. How do I fix this, or don't I?
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posted by TinWhistle
on May 14, 2012 -
2 answers
I have a picture in my brain of a piece of art I saw once, but can't for the life of me find it again searching the most reasonable terms in my addled brain: art tree orgy (and derivatives there of) - help, MeFe!
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posted by DecemberRaine
on May 13, 2012 -
3 answers
Previous homeowners built concrete retaining walls around trees in the backyard, creating large tree pits. How do we fix this?
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posted by Maarika
on Mar 3, 2012 -
8 answers
Please help me deal with my fear of the giant pine tree out front falling on our apartment.
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posted by indognito
on Mar 2, 2012 -
14 answers
Recent photography post featuring a huge tree growing through an old Citroën?
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posted by Tom-B
on Mar 2, 2012 -
4 answers
We bought a plum tree, originally to keep in a pot in a patio, that location didn't work out, and now we think that if we take it out of the pot and plant it in the ground it will do better next year. How close to our house can we plant it?
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posted by foleypt
on Nov 20, 2011 -
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