Tree started growing in my yard out of nowhere

[lsyorke]

Right between houses in a suburban setting? Glad I'm not the neighbor.

I think you quoted the wrong post.

 

[ronandannette]

We had an ugly tree. It was a larch (aka tamarack), and looked like the one in the foreground of this picture:

I know it looks kind of majestic in its natural habitat. In an urban front yard, though, it just looked aggressively large and menacing (it was over 50 feet tall, when we finally paid to have it chopped down - about twice the height of our two-story home). It was a conifer with a spiky, peeling trunk, sickly yellowish-green needles and, as a bonus, it would drop those needles every fall, making it even uglier. It was a deciduous conifer!

Plus, unlike the tree in the photo, our tree would push out branches all the way down the length of its trunk to the ground, meaning we had to keep chopping them off in order to have any accessible front yard at all (they would even grow across the walk leading to our front door). It also made the soil so acidic nothing would grow underneath it, not even weeds, which meant our front yard would turn into a mud pit every time it rained.

Definitely an ugly tree!

Interesting! How did it get there? I don't think I've ever seen a larch used in residential landscaping, in fact I don't think I've ever seen one at all, except wild out in the bush. They are neat in some ways (being a deciduous conifer) but there's lots of things about them - as you mentioned- that would make them a big PIA in a yard.

 

[Magpie]

Interesting! How did it get there? I don't think I've ever seen a larch used in residential landscaping, in fact I don't think I've ever seen one at all, except wild out in the bush. They are neat in some ways (being a deciduous conifer) but there's lots of things about them - as you mentioned- that would make them a big PIA in a yard.

It was there when we bought the house back in the late 90's, and probably sprung up naturally. Given how long lived larches can be, it might easily have predated the house.

Our home was originally built in 1924 and was a cottage, constructed on old farmland. Then our city's boundaries expanded and the area became urbanized. We took the tree down when we decided to lift the house and built a first floor/semi-basement underneath it.

Right now we have a red maple tree that's about 50, which will probably have to come down at some point soon as it's developed a bit of a case of broccoli-top (no single, strong trunk to support it) and has already had to be braced a few times to keep it from splitting. And we have a sugar maple that's about 25, and doing well. And SO many leaves to rake!

 

[FlightlessDuck]

 

[FigmentSpark]

Argh. Never mind... zombie thread.

 

[chickapin parterre]

Zombie thread.....but there are Zombie trees.......When it rains here in Yuma march/ april....the locust bean tree seeds open up and began an amazing race against death....they have to send a root from two leaves that look like the first sprouting of all those pumpkin/squash seeds you did in elemenatary school and have that root follow the water from the rain as it seeps down thru the sand. 100's of these tiny plants appear and began the zombie march. I expermented with one for two months, after each return from the desert walk, i stil had some water in my bottle, so I would pour the water arround the root. The one project tree reach two feet ( all other seeds died) until the heat prevented me from walking anymore. HOWEVER...loving research...I let the one seed in our yard grow....that zombie tree has grown over 12 feet in less than a year, has been pruned on the top twice. Oh, did I tell you about the project tree....when I dug it up in the fall upon my return (dead) the root was over 6' long, I tired of digging and gallons of water...so could have been longer.....I now worry want the landlord will find when he digs up the tree in our yard. Mature locust trees in May are more beaturiful that a rose parade float, more yellow than green,,,,giving that last nourishment ot insects and huumingbird before Zombie summer begans...Here in Yuma July 1 to Nov 1.

 

[wilbret]

Zombies are cool.

Weed trees create more weed trees.
We had an infestation of mimosa trees, I put a program in place to wipe them out. Our city has a strict tree ordinance, but they don’t require a permit to remove this species!

I haven’t read the thread. Depends on what kind of tree it is!

 

[Mysterian]

Zombies, Trees, and Zombie Threads....

Name three things that once unearthed may spread beyond our control.

 

[chickapin parterre]

Zombies, Trees, and Zombie Threads....

Name three things that once unearthed may spread beyond our control.

If it was not for the fitted sheets answer on another thread...I would call this the post of the day....but then Carson had that special power

 

[wilbret]

If it was not for the fitted sheets answer on another thread...I would call this the post of the day....but then Carson had that special power

Once upon a blue moon.

Have you ever seen Papa Smurf naked?

that one sticks with after 30+ years, lol

 

[chickapin parterre]

Once upon a blue moon.

Have you ever seen Papa Smurf naked?

that one sticks with after 30+ years, lol

......... love the bread crumb trail.... because all we had here in Yuma was clouds to the east every night....but can't find any reference though that Karason appeared naked anyhwere on TV.

 

[fab1976]

.... Should I keep it and let it grow or cut it down? My dh thinks we should cut it, and likens it to a weed. However, I love trees (grew up in country) and on the suburban street I live on I am upset over all of the trees being cut down by neighbors. I used to be surrounded by trees but the neighbors have chopped a lot of them down so I found myself spending big money to plant our own, and they are not cheap!

I see this as a free tree! And it's growing fast.

wwyd?

Over 4 years later, did you keep the free tree where it was?