Gardening, landscaping and plants in general
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Anyone else have a favorite species of tree? Here’s mine
Cedrus libani The Cedar of Lebanon
Yes but for nostalgia rather than liking a particular tree for looks or whatever.
Horse chestnut or conker tree as we call them in the UK. Used to have conker fights with them and attempt to cheat by hardening them with questionable tactics passed on from brother to brother
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I hear that. We used to have acorn fights. Hurt like hell. Those horse chestnuts look worse though.
Most of my Major studies in college focused on forestry. I could post pictures of my favorites for days
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As far as native trees go, I really like the Texas Madrone Trees (Arbutus xalapensis)
https://aneyefortexas.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/the-beautiful-texas-madrone/
I had the opportunity to see some of the rainbow eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta) last time I was in Costa Rica and they're an amazing exotic tree:
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My favorite trees in the backyard at the moment…
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That's so awesome. I've never seen a tree germinate before
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My favorite trees in the backyard at the moment…
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is there fungus among us?
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This is a complete work in progress shot and it looks like crap right now but we have 3 rows of grapes. One row of ever-bearing raspberries and one row of golden raspberries. The three boxes will be full of perennial veggies and there’s kiwis planted along the large round trellis.
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The three boxes will be full of perineal veggies
I really don't think you'll want to eat those.
(Usually, I try not to get pedantic, but that's just funny)
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[emoji2361] edited…. I meant perennial obviously [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
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I was trying to pull some weeds and there was a praying mantis.
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That is awesome Mike!
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I've noticed a more praying mantis this year in Annapolis than I feel like I've ever seen. Also saw a couple Luna Moths. We had the Brood X cicada scourge this year, and since I think all insects are going nuts. Seeing a Mantis is always somehow cool
Both at the front door to my apartment:
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San Antonio weather has been strange this year. We had a newsworthy snowstorm in February, then this summer was extremely rainy (no drought restrictions for the first time in ages) and relatively cool (temperatures have yet to reach 100F/38C, which hasn't happened since they started keeping records). So this spring, we were certain the snow had killed everything in our yard, but the spring and summer brought all the plants back with a vengeance. Yay for local plants…
