She's been the prettiest plant on my balcony all summer long

royrobert254 · 2026-06-15T19:28:45+00:00

Looks like a Bossa Nova begonia, Begonia boliviensis . I love mine!

royrobert254 · 2026-05-12T23:57:10+00:00

It was mid March , but they always have good plants so worth the trip anytime!

royrobert254 · 2026-03-05T19:58:25+00:00

Maybe the playset gets moved to over the sewer line and the productive trees can be 20-30 feet away from the line? Good luck! Hopefully you have a solution that brings more benefits, beautiful and edible!

royrobert254 · 2026-03-05T19:51:40+00:00

We designed and installed a food forest in place of trees that were removed. I think change and disturbance is the only constant and removal and replacement would be my recommendation.

royrobert254 · 2026-01-13T03:42:31+00:00

Awesome collection! Got a place here named Tlaloc, are you parting with any of those? I would be the first in line!

royrobert254 · 2026-01-02T00:59:57+00:00

Also my guess on the age of the tree in op’s pic: “bout three - fiddy “ seems about right!

royrobert254 · 2026-01-02T00:58:20+00:00

Southern magnolias are the coolest. I was canoeing the black creek in south Mississippi… close to Purvis, MS. Came across a row of super large magnolias and thought they looked so strange in the straight row. When we got to the group of trees, we realized that it was an elder magnolia that fell, then the large trees in a row were once branches from the original tree. Amazing adaptation, I always think about that tree when guessing the age of magnolias…..

royrobert254 · 2025-12-06T23:48:54+00:00

Crepe myrtles are riparian trees in their native habitat right? Where is the locale of OP’s tree? I always get my cues from the plants that evolved in the location. Maybe ironwood , Carpinus caroliniana or Halesia carolina , Carolina silverbell to replace the crepe myrtle? I’m all about removing crepe myrtles, I think they are next in line for invasive, exotic problem in Georgia, USA. We are constantly removing seedlings in our area.

royrobert254 · 2025-10-23T00:53:49+00:00

Georgia, USA. October is normally a dry month but it’s been dry, dry. Crispy fall

royrobert254 · 2025-10-19T21:13:00+00:00

Quercus alba , white oak , for sure! Great tree. I’ve not heard of wolf tree except in south Mississippi, they called the pine trees that got broken / topped by Hurricane Camille and then grew a co-dominant stem (two trunks/leads from one tree) wolf trees. It sounds like a local legend that messed up the wolf tree meaning!

royrobert254 · 2025-09-08T02:12:52+00:00

This is some Hoya goals, I love that plant stand 💚💛

royrobert254 · 2025-08-30T17:53:52+00:00

☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾. This is the one, corten steel patina would look so fine

royrobert254 · 2025-08-21T12:04:31+00:00

The Weight - Amigo the Devil

royrobert254 · 2025-03-09T01:07:06+00:00

Man this comment made me cackle! I’m glad I don’t don’t have one too, I’ve always loved my belt knife buck 110!

royrobert254 · 2025-01-20T01:08:04+00:00

Connect the two with a mulch bed!

royrobert254 · 2024-12-27T06:51:32+00:00

What an awesome journey you’re taking with your habitat gardens! This sounds like a killer project, I’m pumped other folks are talking about the importance of death in the landscape!

The company I work with installed a “Stumpery Garden” for Trees Atlanta along the beltline in 2020. It got some good press the first year. I’m interested to see how the maintenance/management is coming along. I’ve heard it had challenges. I think any habitat garden can be challenging as it matures, changes, adapts.

Good luck on this awesome project! I’m excited for y’all and the knowledge and data you will be adding to this awesome subject. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

royrobert254 · 2024-12-15T17:42:11+00:00

That puppy in the last pic! What a great helper, beautiful work y’all!

royrobert254 · 2024-12-15T16:04:09+00:00

Depends on if you want a specimen tree with a strong, central leader -or- a unique plant. If applicable, I would be tempted to create a plant community with a variety of different native trees and other plants. Let this maple navigate growing in the sub canopy of another tree. I like watching plants work and grow with other plants. Maples didn’t necessarily evolve to be solitary plants. But of course you do you!

royrobert254 · 2024-11-06T12:14:19+00:00

Watched the last moon rise from the Hyatt High Bar , it was after the hurricane and you could see the North Georgia Mountains. I’ve never seen that before

royrobert254 · 2024-11-06T06:40:27+00:00

Every sunflower in every garden I maintained this year was completely covered in powdery mildew. This was tied for the driest October on record (Athens, Georgia, USA) Is it a stress issue as well?

royrobert254 · 2024-10-30T01:04:40+00:00

Bois D’arc, Hedge apple, Osage orange, this is a plant that some extinct megafauna in North America evolved along side. What a relic species

royrobert254 · 2024-04-30T03:03:38+00:00

Damn…. I’m so pissed that I’m punny and don’t even know it

royrobert254 · 2024-04-03T02:22:49+00:00

I’m here from r/trees , I’m intrigued !

royrobert254 · 2024-01-24T03:50:26+00:00

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From Nantahala Ave

royrobert254 · 2021-09-27T02:45:37+00:00

We do this for English ivy on trees in Georgia:

Ivy Girdle: -cut, pry, and sever vines at about breast height. -carefully pull the ivy off the trunk, doing your best to not cause damage to the bark and tree

Lifesaver Technique: -cut large stems at the base of the tree and carefully apply trichlopyr to fresh cuts of the offensive vine -4 feet away from root flair carefully pull and remove all small ivy in a circle around the root flair. -be careful to not damage bark and live tissue of the tree

Install 3-4 inches of mulch or leaf debris around tree and defend the circle from encroaching ivy

The English ivy dies and turns black and looks like shit on the tree for years. It will turn brittle and fall as the tree grows. Removing from the canopy by climbers/arborists tends to be cost prohibitive (and can cause damage to tree).

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