I have a small tobacco jar made from rainbow wood, very beautiful
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Canât forget weeping willows
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iâm gonna do that on the farm. may not see the end results but it should be cool. thanx.
Yew
Lots of folklore attached⌠they are supposed to stop the dead from rising (which is handy)
Iâm in UK and you can see them in most Churchyards, sometimes reputed to pre-date the church !
Form a gardening point of view, perfect evergreen that can be shaped or not⌠grow not too slow once they get going. Fastigate/irish ones are cool too.
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There is no real trick, there is just knowing how to do it. You can take cuttings and clone it just like you do with cannabis. The cuttings should be green fresh shoots. Scrape bottom of shoots. Remove all leaves but a few at the top. Use potting soil with extra perlite or vermiculite in it. Keep clones warm and allowed at least 5-6 hrs of light a day but not directly in the sun.
Use a plastic bag on top of potter to keep cuttings moist. Make sure your soil stays wet but not saturated. Once rooted remove the bag and keep soil moist but not wet. Cuttings must remain warm at all times!
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It seems to me that in one period of English history there was a law that dictated that every merchant ship that entered an English port had to pay a tax in yew wood for making longbows. This has dramatically affected the yew population in Europe.
The tree is magical. There is an ancient one in my place, behind the church
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yes, and Yews being sacred predates Christianity by a long way. Deep in Celtic Pagan Druid Mythology. More recently found to have anti-cancer properties. In UK if you have a Yew hedge long enough, you can get it cut for free and they come and take away all the trimmings to use in medicine. ( i think it has to be a LONG hedge)
@PsillyRabbit youâre using the Sumacs for screening ? a word to the wise, they spread and can be quite invasive. Love them though, they have the ultimate seedheads that will stand all winter and look awesome.
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The âtigers eyerâ Variety doesnât spread unless you rip out a big one. Not a screening in the seance of a privacy hedge but as some summer coverage.
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BANYAN TREE, how could i forget
Such a neat tree with a unique structure. Would love to grow one and live in it
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Oh man, Iâm a crazy treehugger from way back! I could go on for hours about trees! 
staghorn sumac?! That one is definitely not on my list of favorites. But it is very beneficial to birds in winter, and it does look cool. And you can make a lemonade with horns. But it is such junk softwood. Canât make tools from it. Doesnât burn wellâŚ
In my area, of course oak and maple are everywhere, and I love them. Plus birch, for its cool usefulness (fire starting, baskets, canoes if youâre really ambitious!)
We also have the very cool Northern Catalpa tree, which has a gorgeous highly figured yellowish grain. Similar to olive wood. This one is near the top of my list. Along with Yellow Basswood tree.
But I think cedar is my favorite tree. Thereâs not nearly enough of them around here anymore, and they grow soooo slowly. But I swear, they have a soul in them and Iâm drawn to cedar like a magnet.
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I canât pick just one favorite, even if the same one always comes to mind when I think of the question. Theyâre all so wonderful and spectacular in their own ways.
Big healthy old tropical fruit trees. Coconut palms, do they count? Life giving and nourishing for us as humans. So many different types many still unknown to me. It pleases me to think of that. Trees of utility, all can provide shade but thereâs something truly magnificent about finding relief on a hot summers day under the shade and canopy of majestic oak tree. Instant 20 degrees cooler! My heart is fond of hardwoods living near water. Massive ancient cypress.
I could go on and on about my affection for trees. They mean so much to me. This is such a great topic thanks for starting it! Itâs wonderful reading and seeing all of the different trees being celebrated. Many blessings and much love
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Kumaon Palm (just kidding!
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Douglas Fir would be my fave, but Gambel Oak is a close runner up because itâs an actual nut tree that doesnât have to be processed for edible acorns.
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Pecan and Black Locust.
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Magnolia tree for sure! It is one of the oldest known flowering plants still alive and evolved before bees! Its flowers have been found in fossils 95 million years old meaning they were here when dinosaurs were walking the earth
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Oh yeah, black locust. Good tree.
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We find them dead and leaning against another tree, there would be holes in them , and Flying Squirrels live in there.
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i have a âtwisty babyâ black locust myself.
They are up there for me. I even love the ones with gnarly fuckin thorns.
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Where I live, Iâve planted every kind of tree imaginable over the last 20 years and if theyâre not junipers, the damn gophers killed them. But they canât seem to kill locusts. So now weâve got a locust forest starting.
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Walnut trees are special to me, we had one in the garden that Iâd climb as a kid, chilling on a branch at the top while the whole tree was lightly swaying, mystical experience⌠we grew up together.
The leaves have a very unique smell when you crush them.
Why not? I have date palms sprouting in my cannabis pots!!! I love them!
I also love nitrogen fixers, acacia look pretty too, thereâs something about those dual sets of leaves⌠it looks so harmonious.
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