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Cowabunga
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Cowabunga
6 years ago

The Buckeye tree (and butterfly) is hard to beat.

As a child, we used to roll bunches of the large buckeye nuts down the hill. We could time it just right, so we would get them to roll down to the road, and enter the open door of the unsuspecting milk truck driver just as he passed by. Caused quite a ruckus, but was harmless fun. Ah those were the days!

I also like the smoothness and texture of the trunks on the Madrone trees. They are one of my favorites.

Cowabunga
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Cowabunga
6 years ago
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They look like large chestnuts. I think they can also be added to the water and used to stun fish, making it easier to get them. We talked about trying that, but never did.

G-MAS
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G-MAS
6 years ago

Honeysuckle,on a breezy day that beautiful fragrance in the air makes me smile and glad to be alive✌

Thinking allowed
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Thinking allowed
6 years ago

Ceanothus in mass bloom on a hillside is a favorite of mine. Beautiful color, fine fragrance and useful flowers.

Aren’t we lucky to live here?

Paula
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Paula
6 years ago

It’s a beautiful tree if it’s not in your yard. It’s a really messy tree. Have one by my driveway.

Muggin'
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Muggin'
6 years ago

Beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder and I hate Buckeye. It’s a good looking tree but poisonous to honey bees. It paralyzes the worker bees and then kills them with a fatal case of constipation. Small doses fed to the queen will cause her eggs to fail to hatch, die in infancy, or become malformed and unable to fly. In larger doses she quits laying altogether.

Amimissingsomething
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Amimissingsomething
6 years ago

Great little article on one of my personal favorites. We have one across the street in my Neighbors front yard and it is in full bloom right now. Thank you Kym….again!

Liz
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Liz
6 years ago

This beautiful tree sadly has a more dangerous side. It’s pollen is toxic to honeybees and can kill a young hive that doesn’t have food stores built up yet. I know a couple beginning beekeepers who had a rough start with their bees.

Richard Finch
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Richard Finch
6 years ago

I live next to a creek and there are old yew trees (Taxus brevifolia) growing there. I have since found some growing further from the creek, including two beautiful, perfectly symmetrical young trees. For years I thought they were young Douglas firs, but on closer examination observed the subtle differences between the two. The yews have darker, flatter needles and a reddish tint to the bark. That’s my favorite because of its rarity and beauty.

Trees Rule
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Trees Rule
6 years ago

The redwoods in the snow this winter felt like stepping into a mystical dr. Seuss land. I love how each kind of tree, if u quietly sit with them, has its own kind of energy/feeling.
The old growth redwood feels like a big sweet grandma hug to me, so soft to lean on.

If your in myrtletown check out the (i think) buckeye next to CASA, its amazing right now.

Lynn H
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Lynn H
6 years ago

gorgeous photo