What kind of tree is this?

Does anyone know what kind of tree this is? It's one of several that has been chopped down bordering a property I'm in the process of purchasing in the interim from when the sales photographs were taken. Very disappointed but I may be able to plant one somewhere on my own property that won't be subject to the same fate.

 

Not to sure but I'd say it has troublesome roots and makes a mess when it loses leaves!

 

First thing I do is chop down any trees when I buy! You want to put them in?

 

Maybe it's a good thing after all that it's been chopped then - if it hasn't already done damage I'm unaware of

 

I may love to read about desolate, post-apocalyptic wastelands, but I don't want to live in one

 

Property i picked up last week, that tree is 12m away, look where the roots have come to, next stop foundations and pipes.

The day after settlement it's chainsaw time zuuuummm zummmmmm

 

Is it the African Tulip Tree? Apparently the most beautiful tree in the world?

 

Mmm, I see your point. Later on, do you end up putting in other plants with non-invasive root systems?

 

I don't know anything about trees. I just chop.


2 months ago i had to reline a sewer pipe at a cost of $4400 because of the neighbours tree roots invading.

I have some plants and trees in my yard at home but i watch them like a hawk, if they get too big - gone.

 

Ouch!

 

Hello.....

 

It's difficult to tell from the picture but I think it could be a Royal Poinciana tree in early bloom. Where is the property located? If it's in Brisbane then these are very common there. It's a beautiful tree but it drops leaves EVERYWHERE.

vtt

 

It's in Qld, so you're probably right. Shame about the leaves, but then again, it may be no worse than the oaks we have here dumping all their leaves every autumn.

 

Thanks Wattledo, I've just googled both the African Tulip Tree & the Royal Poinciana & I think it is the Royal Poinciana as it has the finer leaves. Both beautiful trees.

 

Did you chop the neighbour too??

For that price must have been a solid 4m repair!

 

Yeah big dramas, thankfully the house sold and the new owner is going to do a big reno and remove all the trees. DA has already been lodged.

 

Totally a Poinciana.

 

Yep - Poinciana.