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Stink Tree Time Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on June 18, 2025, 9:34 pm Now that the helicopter seeds from the silver maples, in my yard have all fallen, and the cottonwood trees are nearly done, creating "snow in summer" effect, the male stink trees are now chiming in, with their foul-smelling flowers. The scent doesn't smell like a dead animal, like the flowers of a Corpse Lily, but certainly not pleasant. The stink trees are known botanically as, Ailanthus altissimus, and commonly as Tree of Heaven (because the young trees resemble the palm trees of a tropical paradise). During the high winds, during a rain storm, today, this branch of stink flowers, blew into my yard, from a tree in the yard, of someone who lives around the block from me... https://photos.app.goo.gl/FDuvcUZGJR4d7Sha7

Re: Stink Tree Time Posted by Jason Western PA on June 20, 2025, 11:32 am, in reply to "Stink Tree Time" That's one thing I really don't have a lot of is maples. We have them but nothing crazy. We have loads of oaks. The cotton wood is very rare here.

Re: Stink Tree Time Posted by alex_7b on June 20, 2025, 6:36 pm, in reply to "Stink Tree Time" These are considered invasive. Just like Mimosa trees and Bradford Pears.

Re: Stink Tree Time Posted by Alvin, z6 on June 20, 2025, 11:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Stink Tree Time" Yes, Trees of Heaven are an invasive tree, perhaps even more than Mimosa. I didn't know Bradford Pears were invasive, in the North. Mimosas, and especially their seedlings, can be damaged or killed, if temps dip into the z5 range, or below -10F.

Re: Stink Tree Time Posted by Alvin, z6 on June 20, 2025, 11:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Stink Tree Time" Norway (including the Crimson King and Drummondi varieties), silver maples, and sugar maples are the most common maples, here. Once had lots of elms, especially the American type, until Dutch elm disease wiped most of them out. Green ash was becoming popular, until emerald ash borers nearly wiped them out. Locust trees are popular, still. There are some oaks, but not as common, as say maples, and locusts. I think the nearest cottonwood to me, is in the next block. The cotton still blows up my way, and lands on plants in my yard. Birches are kinda rare, especially the white or silver barked ones. Birch borers killed alot of birches. In more recent years, borer resistant birches, and even disease resistant elm varieties have been developed. SEEDLESS silver maple, too. I think it goes by the name, 'Silver Queen' silver maple. The Silver maples, in my yard are around 70 yrs old.

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