New additions to the family

My fave trees are the Japanese Maple and Smoke Tree.

 

I transplanted a little sapling from my old house in Tennessee to Texas (Japanese Maple) Four years later its still only three foot tall.

That smoke tree looks kinda like a tree native to the South but on steroids as for the blooms. Trying to remember the name. This time of year to mid summer you can smell the sweet fragrance a block away. Which is cool if you like that.

 

True... but you run the risk of not catching both of them in one pull...

 

hadn't considered that aspect, but as the saying goes; A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

I have a Stoeger pellet rifle that does 1200 fps with PBA Raptor pellets but it sounds almost like a .22 going off.

I just hate having to spit out bb's while eating game birds. they're wicked crunchy when you chew them.:biggrin:

 

Yeah, the smoke tree is a southern tree. They are different colors. I don't know if they would fair well here or not. I think I have seen one or two around though. That's how I found it. I will have to go drive by that house and see if it is blooming yet.

 

How the fuck do you go from talking about big bad guns to talk about pretty trees and flowers?

 

I love how we never stay on topic.

 

I was thinking of a mimosa tree I believe the leaves are different but the blooms similar.



http://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/pinks/pink40.html

 

I love Mimosas
here mimosa trees are like weeds, I looked at a house a few weeks ago, the yard was taken over by a million little baby trees. You can cut them down, but you need pull them up from the root.

I had a similar problem at my old house with Rose of Sharron trees... millions of babies... but they have long tap roots, so after some hurricane over 5 years ago... we almost got flooded, the yard was soggy, I went out and pulled them up. Gave a bunch away, now everyone I know has a few of my trees in their yard.

man all this gardening talk is making me mad that I dont have a house yet... I cant wait to have a pretty yard again. My back yards always look like hell thanks to dogs... but the front always looks like Martha Stewart on meth lives there. Being in a rental sucks... cause I dont care about it... I dont plant anything, or even keep it up... it stays cut and that is it- it is nothing but weeds anyway.

 

In keeping with not keeping on subject... I recall from an early 1900's silent film pornography the following quote:

"A push in the bush is worth two in the hand..." :biggrin:

 

I like your saying better