Gardening

and had to laugh at the first tree mentioned----Gingko. Especially if it is a female. In an ecology class I had, the professor needed some Gingko leaves so we could do a study on streams. Since the Gingko leaves are distinctive and will not be found in nature in our area, we used these leaves. Well, I collected bags full of the leaves, and they were from a female tree. I got in the car and realized that I smelled like cat shit----and the whole science building smelled like cat shit while we were working with the leaves. Ugh.

I would add Pin Oaks because of all the ugly lower branches that grow downward and then die, and so much dropping of branches. And Norway Maple, which puts out a chemical that prevents anything from growing under it, so, no grass in a 20 foot circle around my tree.