stefan
Cave Dweller 
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Post by stefan on Apr 18, 2006 11:52:16 GMT -5
Looks like a tree to me- Cut it down and chunk it up- makes nice firewood (J/K)
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Post by Cher on Apr 18, 2006 13:27:51 GMT -5
Ok Stefan, get back to your rocks and give me my hubby back. He's the only one I know that looks at almost every tree he sees as firewood.
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Post by hermatite on Apr 20, 2006 10:49:23 GMT -5
Hey Cher...is the tree blooming yet? The tulip trees are all in blossom here.
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Post by Cher on Apr 20, 2006 12:57:59 GMT -5
No yet Herm still budding out.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Apr 20, 2006 14:15:41 GMT -5
Sorry Cher- I have been doing wood (for camping season ) just about every night the last few weeks- Everything looks like firewood at this point- heck I'm working through a pile of Pallets I have had for a year now- Pulling nails and breaking up stuff- just so I can enjoy a campfire-
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Post by Cher on Apr 20, 2006 14:26:34 GMT -5
Yeah, I know what you mean and that's my big problem. My hubby LOVES to sit by a fire and have several (too many) beers. Trouble is, he can't go get the firewood which means more work for me .... I used to love sitting by the fire, now it's no fun anymore.
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Post by Cher on Apr 20, 2006 22:35:24 GMT -5
It's a tulip tree, wish the darn thing would have blossomed while I was there. Three days after I left they were popping out like crazy. My daughter sent this pic that she took with her phone, look at the size of these flowers.  |
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Post by hermatite on Apr 21, 2006 10:13:41 GMT -5
yeah they're gorgeous. I should really plant one....but I'll be an old lady before it blooms.
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since July 2009
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Post by rollingstone on Apr 22, 2006 1:37:02 GMT -5
It's a beauty.... that should earn it amnesty from the axe!
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 22, 2006 5:21:09 GMT -5
i hate you didn't get to see it too cher. they are truly awesome in all their glory even if it is short lived. it makes it worth keeping them around for the show each year.
kim
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rockhard
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rockhard on Apr 22, 2006 16:02:47 GMT -5
There's the problem with common names... It's definitely a Magnolia. But, some people call Magnolias tulip trees. The other tulip tree is a native: Liriodendron (which is related to Magnolias). The native tulip tree is also called tulip poplar- but it isn't related to poplars lol.
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Post by Cher on Apr 22, 2006 23:14:42 GMT -5
Yeah, I told my daughter it was a tulip tree a couple days ago. She called me back last night saying everyone down there was laughing at her for calling it that. They all said it was a magnolia but it sure doesn't look like any of the magnolias I saw down in Mississippi. Those were all white and HUGE compared to this one.
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rockhard
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rockhard on Apr 22, 2006 23:58:55 GMT -5
We have the big evergreen southern magnolias here in western Oregon too, love those things- except our nights are cold enough that they don't bloom nearly as much as down south. There are lots of different kinds. I like star magnolias too, another early blooming one before the leaves come on, lots of smaller petals all in white.
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Post by Cher on Apr 23, 2006 10:54:14 GMT -5
Makes me wonder if any could handle the cold up here, warmer weather definitely has it's advantages.
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