We are thinking about buying a home that has two types of trees in the front yard. One is a taller, green tree. The other is a shorter, purple tree. Please see photo: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v412/SG1977/yardtrees.jpg
The taller trees have brown spiked balls on their branches. If you know what these are, can you tell me anything about these or the purple tree (ie. do they bloom or change colors with the seasons, is there any special maintenance, etc). Thank you...
2007-02-18 05:49:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Looks like sweet gum and red maple to me.
2007-02-18 05:58:01 · answer #1 · answered by bearcat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the tall one is a sweet gum or a sycamore tree you siad it has little balls with spikes then it is a sycamore the only care is to prune them in fall the purple one in the back is called a cistina plum it comes in bush form and tree form they get blights very easy watch for lumps on the trunk and the bark to curl up they can also get bores which cause them to bleed out the sap and kill the tree can be pruned back in fall .fom the nursery capital of the world warren co. tennessee sycaomore trees alos make a mess when trying to mow the yard and will stick in you feet
2007-02-19 03:29:25 · answer #2 · answered by mountainchowpurple 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Any chance you could get a clearer picture? I think you may have a type of elm? or birch? (on the left) and the purple leaved one appears to be an ornamental plum. I have no idea on species.
I hope you can find out more with this info.
2007-02-18 08:01:21 · answer #3 · answered by plant freak 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
THE TALL TREE IS A SWEETGUM AND THE OTHER LOOKS LIKE A CRABAPPLE.
2007-02-18 10:01:30 · answer #4 · answered by RONALD D S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋