What type of trees on your Tennessee lawn? (Dayton: 2015, vacation)

[BarbG]

I have water oaks, tulip poplars, about 8 dogwoods, and crape myrtles.

I'm hoping to plant some windmill palms this year, as well as a weeping cherry, after we chop down those nasty Bradford pear trees. I have no idea why the former owner would put Bradford pears on a driveway where you can get high winds.

[Pam& Bill]

I choose Pear but I meant Bradford Pear.

[Tennesseestorm]

Originally Posted by BarbG

I'm hoping to plant some windmill palms this year

Oh yeah, Windmill palms would do very well in Maryville!

[mbmouse]

I have dogwood, crab apple, apple, Bradford pear and choke cherry.
Sounds like a bit fruity, but not a fruit yet LOL!

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by mbmouse

I have dogwood, crab apple, apple, Bradford pear and choke cherry.
Sounds like a bit fruity, but not a fruit yet LOL!

You do know to be careful with choke cherries around animals, I assume. The leaves of the choke cherry, like the wild or black cherry, can be harmful to animals.

Farmers used to remove any wild cherry trees in fields where there were animals present.

[Tennesseestorm]

I had also meant to put Bald Cypress. I have one of those as well.

[goodbyehollywood]

I obviously have too many trees, because I'm having them trimmed tomorrow and it's costing more than I paid for my first car. OK, not quite, but very close. My Bradford pears, Crape Myrtles and redbuds have just exploded this year. The tree guy wants to take out the Bradford pears, since they're planted right beside the deck, but I can't bear to see them go. Wonder if that's a mistake?

Does anybody have a Weeping Willow? I have two and they're beautiful, but what a mess! There's no keeping those leaves picked up.

[Tennesseestorm]

We have some of those Pear trees too and we are thinking of cutting them, because they are outgrowing and smothering other shrubs and pine trees we have. We may keep one. I also have a Redbud tree that I may cut or heavily trim, because its blocking sun from my Slash pine, which is about 6 years old now.

We have a Weeping Willow. It looked good in spring/early summer, but by later summer it looked washed out and haggard. I took note and most of the Weepings were like that around here. I only seen one on 19E toward Elizabethton that really looked green, full and lush. I thought it may be from the drought, but they did not look this haggard last year and it was even drier then.

Originally Posted by goodbyehollywood

The tree guy wants to take out the Bradford pears, since they're planted right beside the deck, but I can't bear to see them go. Wonder if that's a mistake?

Does anybody have a Weeping Willow? I have two and they're beautiful, but what a mess! There's no keeping those leaves picked up.

[hiknapster]

I figured out what the tree in the front is, but I forget. Something that has round nuts, but it is only a tiny nugget inside. Not worth picking.

Most of these trees are ours. We have oaks and maples, but what kind, I do not know. We also have have dogwoods, hickories and lot of hollies. They are enormous. If one ever falls down, we are toast, as well as most of the neighbors.


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[CandyW]

Planted these years ago and they are doing well: Fig, cherry, crepe myrtle, magnolia. Before I arrived, several dogwoods were planted. Two have died from disease, one hanging on. Neighbors have black walnut and pine, among others. Next door neighbor has a hedious black elm that dropped black sap on my deck until the facing limb broke.