Ironically the new owner of prperty next door inherited a huge old laurel hedge that needs trimming 8’ deep 12’ plus tall and about 30’ long on topof that has a a hated volunteer growing in the middle of it… 5 or 6 sumac suckers now almost touching overhead electric services… yipee!Our neighbor just planted a row of them across the alley from us.
I guess if you don’t know, you don’t know. I am already cursing the dang things
Rhododendrons
I rue the day I planted so many when I bought my place 35 years ago.
They need to be trimmed and deadheaded every year. If I didn’t trim them, my place would look like a complete jungle after all those years.
If I only had a few, no problem but with about 30, it’s a lot of work each year.
They look nice when in bloom, but that doesn’t last long and they don’t look really special when not in bloom.
Hate may be too strong, but dislike certainly fits the bill…..
SF
Rhododendrons
I rue the day I planted so many when I bought my place 35 years ago.
They need to be trimmed and deadheaded every year. If I didn’t trim them, my place would look like a complete jungle after all those years.
If I only had a few, no problem but with about 30, it’s a lot of work each year.
They look nice when in bloom, but that doesn’t last long and they don’t look really special when not in bloom.
Hate may be too strong, but dislike certainly fits the bill…..
SF
Is that R. orbiculare ?
Good eye. No, it's not R. obiculari but they are very similar and seem to be related based on what I've read. We do have an R. orbiculari but I don't have a good photo handy.
That's about the size of our orbiculare too. The yuefengense above is more like 3'x3' but leggy. Here's a photo of it next to R. quinquefolium in the Fall when it has really cool color. Sol Duc is right behind the drop off in the background which makes for a nice view.
I get that. I still over complicate when it comes to gardening … at least i don’t roast my own coffee…
Jojo, those look like male cones of a deodar cedar. Perhaps it has just grown big enough in recent years to be producing abundant cones.
Thank you @Richard Olmstead … I was hoping someone might know this tree. I keep asking around but no one knows. Here is a photo of the tree from last week in our snow. Not sure you can see it well enough but i have to say it’s gotten very big since I’ve moved here in 1992. It’s the one on the right by the chimney.
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Hard to tell from that photo, but there are few other conifers that produce so many huge male cones.
And my sinusesCottonwood trees.
Those sticky things that fall off them stick to everything. Vehicles, shoes, dogs fur, boats etc. etc.
The area surrounding my yard and home is loaded with them. The roots are a pain in the ass. They encroach on every thing, septic line, drain field, lawn.
I know there is a dislike for cottonwoods for various reasons but I’d have to say I absolutely love the smell of them in the spring. That sticky resin has been used in many popular perfumes and colognes. I collect the buds from fallen branches and make salve with them. Morels associate with them too and they are generally indicators of good riparian habitat unless inundated with Himilayan blackberry understory. The root encroachment definitely seems like a pain though. I might feel differently if I had them on or close to my property.Cottonwood trees.
Those sticky things that fall off them stick to everything. Vehicles, shoes, dogs fur, boats etc. etc.
The area surrounding my yard and home is loaded with them. The roots are a pain in the ass. They encroach on every thing, septic line, drain field, lawn.
