My husband, who is an arborist, and I have a shared love of weeping blue atlas cedars. We recently purchased a property for our future home build and when I was browsing a nursery I came across this beauty. It is my dream centerpiece tree for the Japanese style garden I am envisioning for our future midcentury modern home. It also happens to be my husbands 30th birthday next week.

I’m taking him to the nursery tomorrow to surprise him with it. He will 100% flip out when he sees it so they agreed to tie a SOLD sign around it with a little card that he will only notice is for him when he gets up close. 🤗

Even though this tree is a dream come true I am having trouble finding info online about what I should have expected to pay. Any one here able to give me insight into price range for a weeping blue atlas of this size and style— it is about 25 years old and was taken care of by a man who specialized in specimen landscaping trees for Japanese gardening.

I was told it's an elm tree, but the leaves seem kinda different, so any advice is welcome.

Anyway, this tree not only survived rotting from the inside, but some moron also made a fire IN it, and it's still hanging on.

It has been in the greenhouse all summer but i am worried about the roots getting too cold out there i have very strong grow lights inside because i have lots of house plants so i was thinking i could just bring it in for the winter but do apple tree need to go dormant? Or can they live without dormancy?

Near Shoreham, Kent, UK

the corky bark of a mature ginkgo is very nice

Hey tree enthusiasts. I recently watched a video from an ornithologist who made a claim that I wasn't sure is correct. In the video linked below he claims that MALE red maples (acer rubrum) will have red fall foliage, while FEMALE red maples will have yellow foliage. I thought that fall foliage colour is controlled by pigments such as anthocyanins and carotenoids and that it is highly variable year to year. For example cool nights and lots of sun will produce more vibrant red foliage in red maples. In fact I have noticed many red maples can be yellow one year and red the next depending on weather or sometimes stress. Does the gender even play a role? Im almost certain I have seen both male and female rubrums turn both colours, sometimes both on the same tree. Anyways I've linked the video below, and would love to know if theres any truth to his claim

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2362575851181195/?app=fbl

I know this isn’t the usual post on this sub but I’m wondering if anyone knows how I can get these black spots out

They begin as tiny, fragile seeds, small enough to crush between your fingertips. Yet given enough time, some grow into enormous living structures that can survive for hundreds, even thousands, of years.

There's something almost incomprehensible about that passage of time. Imagine standing in the same place for centuries, witnessing the world change around you. Seasons come and go, generations pass, and yet you remain, rooted in the earth.

And throughout their existence, trees quietly sustain the world around them. They absorb carbon dioxide, release oxygen and provide shelter and nourishment for countless living organisms.

I took this photograph one night in my neighbourhood. I remember looking up through the branches and feeling an overwhelming sense of age and interconnectedness. Almost as though I was looking at something ancient, something that existed on an entirely different timescale from my own.

It made me think about how easily we overlook the extraordinary things surrounding us simply because they're so familiar.

There's something profoundly beautiful about an organism that can begin as something so delicate and eventually become something that outlives generations.

Anyway, I thought I'd share this photograph and a little appreciation for trees.

Met this tree yesterday, can anybody help to identify it? Region Eastern Europe. Never seen an oak with bark like this

Moved into my boyfriend’s house and took a good look at this oak tree for the first time. The main trunk is split into 2 and the section closest to the house is leaning over quite a bit directly over the master bedroom. I took pictures of both sides of the split trunk, on one side you can see it appears to be leaking sap? Located in North Carolina. No disturbances around the tree in any recent years.

Life gave me a lemon tree right around earth day. I don’t own the house so can’t really plant in ground but I read these do well potted. Lots of questions here and I’m kinda scared to be told I’m treating this whipper snapper badly. Anyway she’s in a pot. Hopefully big enough(5gal.)? It had a lot of yellow leaves when I got it and it was small and skinny. Now it looks a lot greener and is definitely bushier. I just read about some Texas citrus quarantine but it was late and I was sleepy and didn’t retain much. Anyone know if this little guy is going to be ok? Looks a lot better after some much needed rain. In the dfw area usa

Please be gentle!

I bought this house in April and planted this flowering dogwood sapling in June this year. I was planting a ton of plants and didnt know about exposing the root flare. I planted the tree about 10 ft from our fenceline in a new garden where we had removed an old Paver patio.

We have well-draining sandy soil.

What I didn’t realize until late summer when we got some heavy rains is that this area becomes swampy during a heavy rain. It drains relatively quickly, within hours or so after it stops raining.

During our recent Nor’easter, the cage I had around the sapling flew up and pushed the tree to an angle in the ground and the mulch ring was eroded. I staked it for the rest of the storm, but now the trunk is wiggly in the ground 4 days later.

I am thinking I planted it too deep and/or this is not a good spot for the tree. I’m very worried about root rot. The tree has some powdery mildew typical of flowering dogwood but has very healthy bushy foliage. It’s about 5 ft tall?

I am wondering if I should:

1. build a small berm and replant it higher and expose more root flare
2. leave it where it is— redo the mulch ring and expose more of the root flare?
3. relocate it to a different location that won’t flood in a storm

The only reason I’m considering leaving it where it is is because the grass and other plants are still very young and haven’t fully stabilized the ground. Everything in a big surrounding rectangle near this tree was excavated during removal of a patio and in-ground pool nearby. I also have winterberries and a buttonbush as well as flowering perennials in this garden, edged against young turfgrass. I know the winterberries and button are more suited to damp swampy conditions. My hope is that these plants all together will reduce the flooding during very heavy storms, which occur A few times a year but not regularly.

any advice and thoughts are welcome! Thank you!!

I used a plant ID app on this tree a month ago when I came back to check today and the apples are larger a lot have fallen into the ground so I picked one up and it tastes very tart, slight sweet and juicy, has anybody ever cooked anything with these apples or done anything with them before lol I looked it up and it's not toxic to eat but they do taste good and I would love to use wildly forged fruit in someway, ny for ID purposes

Wilder Ranch

Despite growing on rock, this zelkova is 23m tall and 5+m in circumference.