Somewhere in Chile

A. hippocastanum

i love tulip trees because...

theyre native to my area

they get super big

they go pretty much straight up

theyre structurally sound

they have extremely cool flowers

they arent super messy

they have no low branches to hit your head on

they live a long time

they sequester a lot of co2

dead branches that were bloomed on look like creepy demon hands!

what about you? whats your favorite?

For a limited time, and because we're being inundated with posts referring to this 'epic' event, we hope to keep the discussion and celebratory posts to this thread (and to hopefully keep modmail reports to a minimum).

We are very happy for our fellow redditors over at r/trees! 😊

Honestly, I never thought I'd see this happen in my lifetime.

Edit: I'm very pleased with the almost unanimous positive attention and good discussion this post has received! It's a landmark event, and something that I felt warranted this rare bit of shoulder-punching with our friends over at r/trees. Thank you for being the good people you are! 🥰 And for the person who reported this sticky, good one 😏

On the west trail to the peak of Sleeping Giant, Kauai, HI.

I thought y’all might appreciate this photo of one of two 20-year old Bradford Pears that we just got pruned. :)

Located in Audubon Park ❤️

Saw this in my driveway, and I initially thought it was a big leaf maple. I didn't even know sycamore leaves grew this large.