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The Velveteen Ocelot

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16. Hard to say. I like all trees

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 11:19 PM

Mar 2012

(with the possible exception of the boxelder, which is a sort of bargain-basement maple). I am rather partial to the catalpa. They grow fast and get pretty big.

And they have pretty, tropical-looking flowers.

There's one in my front yard. I am quite fond of it.

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What is your favourite kind of tree? I like maples. We used to have tons of them on our property [View all] applegrove Mar 2012 OP

Threaded maple - purple. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #1

I like shoe trees. trof Mar 2012 #2

Gucci? lol n/t Grantuspeace Mar 2012 #13

Weeping Willows Throd Mar 2012 #3

Japanese Maple Auggie Mar 2012 #4

I really love my white birch trees JitterbugPerfume Mar 2012 #5

You want me to narrow it down to Just ONE kind of tree? Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #6

My grandma used to have aspen trees JitterbugPerfume Mar 2012 #7

redwood dana_b Mar 2012 #8

I like the ones that haven't fallen over. n/t dimbear Mar 2012 #9

Blue spruce. femmocrat Mar 2012 #10

The larch. Swede Mar 2012 #11

it's IcyPeas Mar 2012 #17

Impossible pipi_k Mar 2012 #12

I have two huge black walnut trees. Grantuspeace Mar 2012 #14

do you harvest your black walnuts? grasswire Mar 2012 #23

I like the ones in Michigan. They are just the right height. IcyPeas Mar 2012 #15

LOL! applegrove Mar 2012 #18

Hard to say. I like all trees The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #16

Live oaks. nolabear Mar 2012 #19

I'm partial to pines OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #20

Big, green, sticky, Kind trees..... Bennyboy Mar 2012 #21

White Pine Odin2005 Mar 2012 #22

Not apple trees? RiffRandell Mar 2012 #24

LOL! applegrove Mar 2012 #25

Oaks - live oaks or Shumard oaks csziggy Mar 2012 #26

Those oaks are beautiful. Never seen anything like it. applegrove Mar 2012 #27

Live oaks were considered a unique national resource in early America csziggy Mar 2012 #28

Purple Robe Locust Tree blue neen Mar 2012 #29