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Wicked Tree?

7 years ago

While he was here to trim rhodies, I asked one of the senior workers at the landscaping company if he knew of an interesting and unique tree, and he said Wicked Tree. This link has an image, although the text with the image asks what type of tree it is. Google provided the image, but no relevant hits otherwise.

Any of you heard of this tree?

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tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱

7 years ago

Doctor Sam. Has a nice ring to it although the "md" stands for Maryland.

tj

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NHBabs z4b-5a NH
7 years ago
It's not a common name I've ever heard; I am wondering if you misheard him. Perhaps when they next come you could as for the spelling?
Chris G.
Original Author
7 years ago
I'm pretty sure it's wicked, as in halloween, but I'll ask next time. There is a Wicked Tree company, accounting for most of google's hits.
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
7 years ago
i believe its the title to a picture.. rather than a type of tree .. ken
Marie Tulin
7 years ago
Like the wicked apple trees in the Wizard of Oz or those nasty thumping trees in Harry Potter. I think you;d like a tree with an interesting branching pattern. there are quite few, though maturity is required for a really threatening effect.
wisconsitom
7 years ago
Marie, my favorite aspect of those "apple" trees in Wizard of Oz (still pretty much the best movie ever made) is that they are beech! Ever notice the ultra-smooth trunks.....but they have apples! What a concept!
User
7 years ago
Zanthoxylum jumped into my head - also known as toothache tree. Wicked spines!
Marie Tulin
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Never noticed that the OZ trees were genetically modified .
wisconsitom
7 years ago
L. Frank Baum was way ahead of his time, lol!

Camp, are there members of the Xanthoxlum tribe able to grow to that size? Here we've got "toothache tree"-actually a shrub, also known as prickly ash, an obvious misnomer since it's not in Fraxinus. Interestingly, the leaves of our version can and do numb the insides of one's mouth when sucked on. But as popular as this attribute may be, the plant is much more likely to engender curses as one makes their way through the woods, getting scratched by these &^%$# things!
sam_md
7 years ago
Chris G., It sounds to me like the senior worker @ landscaping company just gave you a nonsensical answer. Likewise the site you pulled up shows pic which could well be an ancient grapevine which has been pruned for many decades, equally irrelevant.

Here's a suggestion, why not start a new thread and tell us what your requirements are and we will recommend a tree?
Chris G.
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks, Dr. Sam (if I can be presumptuous with your moniker). It was more of an opportunistic thing. The open spot is more appropriate for a bush, but I'm quite enjoying the snapdragons I planted this year there.
kentrees12
7 years ago
Or possibly an old heavily pruned wisteria, maybe tree form.
poaky1
7 years ago
Chris, just call the guy and try to get some more info on the tree, that pic you posted looks like an interesting tree. Maybe it's a "contorted willow"?

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