"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

JohnDF said:
Does anybody have a clue what kind of tree this is?
I snapped a picture of it while driving, thought it was the coolest tree I've ever seen.
I tried "The Google" without success.

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It’s hard to tell from the photo just what those blossoms are. The way they are clumped, it could be a hydrangea. That would be a pretty robust tree for a hydrangea, however. The only one I ever saw that even approached it in scale was called a pee-gee (P.G.?) hydrangea. Its blossoms had a reddish tinge that I don’t see here. As Beau of the Fifth Column would say, it’s just an idea.

As regards the trunk, I’m going to venture that it is the result of recurring vortical activity. Do you live in tornado country?
 
JohnDF said:
Does anybody have a clue what kind of tree this is?
I snapped a picture of it while driving, thought it was the coolest tree I've ever seen.
I tried "The Google" without success.

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Cool tree, John. I had no luck with a Google search on "trees with twisted trunks in California". If you're near it again, and can get a pic of the blossoms or foliage that would help. There's an app called iNaturalist that I've used numerous times to identify plants and trees. You upload pics and you're likely to get an ID on it.
 
JohnDF said:
Does anybody have a clue what kind of tree this is?
I snapped a picture of it while driving, thought it was the coolest tree I've ever seen.
I tried "The Google" without success.

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I am going to guess by the trunk and foliage combined with your geographical location that it is a variety of Juniper, possibly a shrub-type pruned and trained up as a small tree.
 
Peregrin said:
Cool tree, John. I had no luck with a Google search on "trees with twisted trunks in California". If you're near it again, and can get a pic of the blossoms or foliage that would help. There's an app called iNaturalist that I've used numerous times to identify plants and trees. You upload pics and you're likely to get an ID on it.
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Thank you for the helpful tip, Gary. 🤠 :thumbsup:
Sventhelumberjack said:
I am going to guess by the trunk and foliage combined with your geographical location that it is a variety of Juniper, possibly a shrub-type pruned and trained up as a small tree.
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Maybe, but it's not really a small tree if you look at the 8' stop sign in the picture. ;)
Modoc ED said:
Looks like a Cauliflower tree.
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That's what I though when I first saw it too. 🤣
Modoc ED said:
but as should be gleamed from my post, I'm not a garden enthusiast.
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As you can tell from my question, I'm not either... but I do love cauliflower 😋
 
JohnDF said:
I probably just needed meako meako to show up...
Funny enough, I hit "The Google" with "Cauliflower Tree" and got instant hits... thanks to Modoc ED Modoc ED
Apparently in Melbourne it's known as "Snow in Summer" and is officially called Melaleuca linariifolia

We all learnt somethin today.
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Very cool! Ed to the rescue!
 
Just saw the tree pic and my first guess was a melaleuca....paperbark tree...theres one in my garden....not quite like that one though.
 
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Right there with you, my friend. Stay :cool:
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