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The Common Horse-chestnut is a large deciduous tree, native to a small area in the mountains of the Balkans in southeast Europe, but it is widely cultivated throughout the temperate world. (see wikipedia info)I found it at the campus in its blooming and I think it's gorgeous! Do you have a favourite tree?
El Castaño de Indias (o falso castaño) es un árbol enorme y leñoso, proviene de la zona de los Balcanes pero se cultiva (de forma ornamental) en climas templados.
Encontré este impresionante ejemplar en el campus y tuve que sacarle una foto.
¿Algún árbol preferido?
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posted by Dsole @ 10:43 a. m.
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Yes, indeed, this is a beautiful tree. And, at first and until I read your narrative, I just assumed it was a "Wild Cherry" tree as the blossoms are almost identical, except the wild cherry blossoms are about as big around as your finger. These appear much larger than that. I just checked my wild cherry tree yesterday and the thousands of immature green cherries on it have already been picked off by the birds who must had had a feast on them. So, I took old panty hose, cut the toe portion out and slipped two of those over the only two branches I could find with cherries left on. So tied with red yarn, I hope the birds will give me a break and leave these few mature as I wanted to taste them.
I like your photograph of this tree and your narative of it too. Thanks too for your visits to my blog and for your generous comments there.
It is both enormous and beautiful. Favorite tree? I think I like them all, especially those with blossoms of various shades. In autumn I love the red maples because of the vivid colours. Have a good week!!
That is a very large tree. I really like white birch trees.
I thought of another one I really like, the weeping willow tree. I like alot of them though.
Yo tengo varios preferidos, la encina, el alcornoque y uno de los que más, el ginko un precioso fósil viviente.
el ginko!! ginko biloba, me encanta... tengo varias hojas que robé del botánico... jiji
Weeping willow tree (o sauce llorón) a very poetic tree.
Thank you guys for dropping by
We have them here too! I think the old ones like this are magestic. My favorite tree is the flowering cherry.
gorgeous indeed! have put a few pictures of summer specials of trees in full bloom on my site ... do check them out!
il est majestueux cet arbre. vraiment tres beau et impressionnant
it is majestic this tree. really very beautiful and impressive
It's a marvelous addition to the landscape and to the environment and to the world. Any tree is a wonder as far as I'm concerned. My favorite tree is too hard a concept for me since I appreciate them, each and every one.
This chestnut looks great. Especially because of the place where it is. Students are lucky to have such beautiful trees on campus.
Un espécimen formidable. Qué belleza. Mis árboles favoritos son el ombú y el jacarandá.
I love horse chestnuts too: the tree is glorious, so are the flowers and we used to play games with the conkers, the fruit..
Angela
I'm another fan of horse chestnuts, but love so many trees I couldn't pick a davourite. Jacarandas from S America, angophoras from Australia, Scandinavian birches....
Your photo made me think of English parkland or of the landscaped garden tradition.
I love the flowering trees. this is so large and lovely. I would enjoy just sitting under it.
These one is really beautiful and impressive! I like very much trees. My grandfather who was a small farmer, spent all his life planting trees. He could not stand to see them cut down, he was used to say: "They need all a life to grow, five minutes are enough to kill them".
Annie, you're totally right, each tree adds an special effect to landscapes..
Carlos, this campus is great, such a huge open space!
Fénix, no conozco esos árboles... tendré que curiosear... ;)
Angela, me too!
Sally I like your comment! you're right
Alice, that's true. it's sad when a tree is cut down after all the time it had needed to grow...
Thank you all! :)
I love horse chestnuts, but we have very few in Michigan. I was in Paris a year ago in horse chestnut season, and it was spectacular! But the pollen was terrible, and everyone on the street was rubbing their eyes.
We have the same trees in Istanbul. Also with the pink flowers on it...Such amazing tree.
Very impressive tree! It looks so lush and healthy.
My favorite tree is a dwarf Japanese maple. They are short and have red leaves, and are perfect for a city garden.
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