Cinnamomum Species, Camphor Tree, Camphor Laurel, Camphorwood

I have 3 camphor trees, never have been allergic to them, they provide a lot of shade. My Father planted them years ago, they have to be...Read More at least 30 years old. They have always looked beautiful but I noticed in the spring that the leaves were beginning to fall now and then but recently they are just dropping every other minute. One tree appears to be almost bare of leaves. What is happening to it. Does it need vitamins. I'm not a great gardener therefore I haven't fed it much in the past but this spring I gave it miracle grow and 10-10-10. Did I do something wrong. How can I help it out. Thank you for any ideas. I love my trees, we have doves, hummingbirds and mocking birds nesting in them.

Jacksonville, FL - I have camphor growing along my tree line. I didn't even know what it was until I had to have a mature red maple taki...Read Moreng down (dying).
The arborist asked me if I wanted to cut the camphor down and I declined because it provides shade to my only totally-shaded area on my property. I haven't seen suckers or rogue seedlings (thinking mimosa tree). For the most part, this is a well-behaved invasive - if it weren't, I'd be working on elimination.

This is EXTREMELY INVASIVE, is FLEPPC Cat I listed, and has no business being anywhere outside of native range. GET RID OF IT. please?...Read More /> Pretty, sure, but so was Mata Hari.

We have one in the back yard that is cut back to a stump every year.grows so fast.my landlady cut and trimmed it this time and ended up g...Read Moreetting so sick that she wound up in the e.r. from exposure. It makes me break out with a rash when I'm around it.smells horrible to me

Before, I didn't know this Cinnamomum camphora tree at all, even when people are telling me that it has a medicinal value to it. I though...Read Moret it was just a native California tree until I researched it, and learned it was originally from China and Japan. My family is Asian. I learn the medicinal value of it from other Asian people, so maybe they have used it. This tree grows everywhere in Sacramento, California. My sister wants to grow one in Georgia so I'll tell her that they have tons of them in Florida.

I learn from other Asian people that this tree is helpful in bringing back the health of stroke patients. What I meant by this is that you boil its' leaves, bark, maybe even roots and use the boiled water, when cooled, to bathe the stroke patient, and the patient should recover faster, I suppose. I don't know why I'm telling you this, maybe because I want to defend the tree's beneficial qualities. Maybe you'll think I'm nuts in suggesting this. Maybe the Asian folks will be angry at me for letting out this secret. Who knows. I don't practice any herbal medicine and don't know or claim any medicinal value from this tree. This is information I have given freely. Do your own research if you want to know more and come to your own conclusion.

This camphor tree is a nice evergreen shade tree so I will look for one and plant it in my yard.

Horribly invasive. I am continually pulling up seedlings that are spread everywhere here by birds that eat its berries. The tree needs ...Read Moreto be dug out by its roots to be removed. Parts of its dead brittle wood break off in high winds, but not if the stems are live. I doubt any hurricane will blow a tree over, however, because their root systems are awesome.

This plant is listed as a Category I Invasive by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. The tree is said to be displacing many natural sp...Read Moreecies in Southern forests, both by direct competition and due to its highly allelopathic oils, which are also said to be harmful to a variety of aquatic animal species. The roots are reported to be destructive and span long distances, with the occurance of sprouting even from small root segments. Even if you live in a city it is impossible to control the seed dispersion of a large specimen since the mechanism for dispersal is by birds that eagerly eat the mature fruits but pass the seeds intact. No matter how attractive you think the plant is it would seem the responsible thing to do is to destroy any large specimens you may have on your property.

That being said this species is still very attractive for its medicinal properties and for use as an additive to tea or food for flavoring, as well as for aromatherapy. I am warned that care must be taken to use it very sparingly to avoid toxicity. I have obtained several seeds that were easily germinated and are now seedlings. My plan is to keep a couple of the plants in pots, trimming off any flowers for use (one of the most delectable parts) and thus preventing the possibility of letting any seeds escape into the wild.

A potted specimen can be controlled. I have left instructions with family member to destroy the specimens if I should fall ill or die.

We just had a camphor tree cut down & the stump ground out at our place near Tampa, FL. The tree was about 20' tall, messy, and in poor c...Read Moreondition. Constantly dropping leaves and twigs.
Is the bark ok to use as mulch in a small planting bed, or is it toxic or chemically damaging to other landscaping plants? If not ok to use 100%, how much is ok to add? Is it good as an insect repellent as a mulch additive?

Although we've always loved camphor trees because of the aroma they put out and the bug repelling qualities they possess, and had 4 large...Read More ones in our yard before last year, we had them cut down about a year ago, due to them having too many branches that were hanging over our house and cars, which posed too much of a threat of falling limbs.

Due to our cats enjoying jumping up on the stumps that were left, we left a couple of the stumps for our cats to jump up on. And after a year now, we have our camphor back, only it is in the form of large, beautiful bushes, as the stumps we left there have turned into magnificent camphor bushes, which is a major attraction to butterflies when they come into our yard, as the camphor bushes are usually the first place they go.

We're so happy with the camphor bushes that we're thinking we should have left all of the camphor stumps there. But since we didn't, we've now gone around and dug up some of the small camphor trees that had started growing from the seeds spread by the large camphor trees, which trees are now about 1 to 2 feet tall, and have put them into 3 gallon containers with each other to create a couple more camphor bushes for another place in our yard.

Yes, camphor trees are invasive and can result in many small camphor trees growing all over your yard if you have a large camphor tree in your yard. But we've not had that problem with the camphor bush, although if we ever do, we wouldn't consider it much of a problem anyway, because of how easy they are to pluck out of the ground. and how good they smell when you break the leaves in half.

So if you're unhappy with a camphor tree in your yard because of how many small camphor they tend to produce all over the place, but like the other fine qualities of camphor, you might try what we did and create a nice camphor bush to replace it with.

If you are ever at Epcot center in Orlando Florida. take a look at the row of camphor trees they have by the Norway pavilion. They're beautiful.

I have a couple very small specimens in a flower bed. I did not know what it was and cut it down several times. This year, I noticed many...Read More leaves folded over. Peering inside, a spicebush caterpillar looked back at me. That gave me a way to look up the plant to find its name. Turns out it is a member of the Laurel family which is a host plant for this butterfly. They used my spice bush as well but almost seem to prefer the camphor bush (mine is just a bush about 3 feet tall). I want to keep the bush and wonder if I could just prune it to keep it small. I love growing those butterflies.

Now I am going to post my strong views up about this tree.

Now I understand this tree is on the USDA Cat. 1 Invasive list,...Read More and I understand this tree is Non- Native.
But it does not mean this tree is a "threat" because the "government said so". These trees are very tame compared to some of these natives out around... holy cow!
Oaks, Maples, and Cherry Laurel stomp out the camphor tree in numbers and overall space by 1000 each 1! So what it "suckers back non-stop" and "oh noo... There is a sapling in my rose bed!". But don't think I am some supporter of exotics or something, because I can tell you, I am no friend of kudzu or air potato. These two and some others are a BIG threat of native habitats. I hope they get bored one day and go back to the real home that they naturally roam. Then look at the camphor tree, so chilled out compared to it's friends at home that make a circus ruckus in the forests that are over here. The camphor tree berries gets dispersed by birds, but the saplings that come out of those seeds never go rampage wherever they spread. And NEVER, EVER have I seen in my life a 70% or more invasion thicket (A Monoculture) of camphor trees. More than 95% of camphor trees never make it to moderate size, because they either get covered up by natives or by other exotics. I think even if 100% of all camphor trees that would sprout made it to maximum size, there still would not be a big and vast conflict there. Oh, and for those who are OVER THE TOP, not moderate, blah blah-ers about "Oh my gosh, that tree is too messy!, get you lazy hamburger buns off the couch, get that rake, and start working! That's what part of gardening is about, right? Please do this over - criticized tree a favor and take a few minutes of your time, and contact the USDA and tell them that this tree and it's "invasiveness" Is WAY too hyped up and based on fear from some people. And don't forget, this tree has a lot of uses! Thanks for reading my comments!
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When we moved in to htis house 2 years ago, we were thrilled to find that there was a 34" Circumfrence Grand Camphor tree in the back yar...Read Mored.
We love the tree! The smell, the shade the asthetic appeal alone is awesome.

Sadly we may have to have it removed. Almost 50% of the canopy has been attacked. There are boring beetles and carpenter ants attacking it. I am trying hard to find natural methods to rid the tree of these pests so that we can save the tree. We are thinking of removing the dead parts, as the tree is in distress, and is trying to save its self.
If any of you have ideas I'm open to help.
Thank you!!!

Attractive tree when mature, but very prolific in Florida. It has a brittle trunk and limbs that break easily in strong winds. Camphor tr...Read Moreees are also said to be harmful to amphibians. I recently cut down more than 20 of these trees that were invading the wooded area of my property and I'm still fighting the seedlings and the sprouts that continually grow back from the stumps.

Interesting to read the variable comments here -- I live in a duplex apartment [read: fairly limited space] in Central FL Z9, and have fi...Read Moreve very large camphor trees planted in the areas just directly around me - my only regret is that the trees are not CLOSER or IN my small yard to provide the perfect shade for this area to be able to keep anything alive without watering day and night ........ I mulch everything with their leaves [free, keep down the seedlings and other weeds, and are an absolute bug/pest-deterrant] ......... the Cherry Laurel comment I also found interesting, as in my yard THEY sucker everywhere with invasive roots and are almost impossible to control...... The camphors remain absolutely beautiful here year-round, have a serene, graceful branching profile, and I have never seen a branch down from these trees in fifteen years ..... as for berries and twigs, I am frankly weary of hearing complaints from compulsive neat-nik gardeners who should know better ---- without trees, we and everything else, will perish ........ get over it, get off the couch, and rake it up!!

I am so surprised to hear all of the negative comments about this tree. I have one in my yard and it has the most beautiful character of...Read More limbs, along with the fact that the leaves stay green year round. The canopy is so amazing that I recently transplanted one that is about 3 feet tall (it was in my front yard) and planted it in my backyard. My neighbor behind me has a disgusting sun room that is slanted toward my property and during two months of winter, it reflects sun directly onto my house so bad that I cannot open my shades/drapes during that time. I am hoping this tree turns out as beautiful as my other one and I am also thinking about planting two more to block the reflection. Also, the sunroom top is disgusting to look at and she has said she is going to tear that room off but who knows when that will happen. Anyway, I LOVE Camphor trees so please don't get discouraged if you recently planted some or are thinking of doing so in the future.

Happy with Camphor in Tampa, FL! :)

I have a question about this tree. Some friends of mine are considering planting one in their front yard. (Zone 9b, west coast of Flori...Read Moreda, USA). I've read the positives and negatives about it (and have printed them all out for them to read), but my question is: Are these trees monoecious or dioecious? In other words, are there male and female specimens of this tree?

I'm asking because my friends are wondering if ALL specimens of this tree produce the annoying berries, or is it only the female specimen (as with live oaks producing acorns). If so, they do not want this tree because it will drop berries all over their cars and driveway. (One side of the driveway already gets partially covered from their neighbors' camphor tree). But MY next-door neighbors also have a camphor tree in their front yard, not far from my driveway, and I don't recall EVER seeing berries on/under theirs. However, this could just be due to my lack of proper observation and the fact that their tree is too far from our yard & driveway to receive any berries on our side.

My live oak tree is male so I get tons of pollen and pollen-tassels every spring but (THANKFULLY) never any acorns. Just wondering if camphor is the same way.

Thanks in advance!

I am so glad someone planted a Camphor tree years before I bought my house. I LOVE it and so do my friends that have one. It is big and...Read More as shady as an oak without the spring "oak bloom", acorns and jillions of leaves to rake. The camphor tree is a gentle tree, always a beautiful lively spring green, and does not attract worms or spanish moss (which I am sick to death of pulling off the oak and other trees and shrubs). St. Augustine grass thrives under its shade. It has a beautiful shape and stays green year around when other trees are bear. The leaves are small and blow away a few at a time so that it never needs raking. Some seedlings sprout underneath but I just keep them mowed along with the lawn. I love its color so much that I also planted a hedge with them for a traffic barrier and I keep that cut about 5 ft. tall. It is fluffy and beautiful and helps with the highway dirt and noise. These trees are so bug and spanish moss free I can't imagine anyone not loving them. They also do well in pots and their shiny small leaves are beautiful indoors. I also enjoy the smell when I hit one of the roots while digging. Everyone I know loves their camphor trees as much as I do. The negative comments I read were a shock to me. They must have been written by people who have never had an oak tree.

WOW, I am shocked to hear such bad things! I just bought this tree over the weekend and planted it, in the middle of my back yard. I wen...Read Moret to a local nursery and they raved about it, as my main purpose is a shade tree for the back yard. My main concern was that it would grow quickly and provide shade but nobody mentioned all of the negative things. Its only a couple feet tall and sounded great when I bought it, but now I am concerned. I dont have any other trees in the yard and am not particulary worried about it shedding in the back yard, I hope i made the right choice?

I really don't like reading all the negativity about this beautiful tree. I find beauty in all growing things on this planet. I'm sorry i...Read Moret's such a problem for some of you who find it's invasive in your area, but please don't say that this tree should NEVER be sold, period. For someone like me, who lives in the high Rockies of Montana, this is great, kool exotic tree to grow outside in the summer months and bring in, in the cool months. It's obviously not going to be invasive here. I love my Camphor Tree and I love the scent. I would be really irritated if I was unable to purchase one because of someone's bad experience in California. Not surprising somehow though considering that's where the majority of the crappy comments come from. I understand fully, but don't try to make it impossible for the rest of us who live in cool climates to grow and enjoy it. Mine does excellent in it's large container and goes out for the Spring, Summer and early Fall then it comes in for Winter. It has done very well and is a beautiful tree. I highly recommend it to people who live in the same climate as I do. You'll love this tree and the bee's and other beneficial insects will love YOU for planting it or having it outside for them to enjoy. I keep mine trimmed so it doesn't get too big to fit back in the house! It does not seem to mind a bit and I think it actually enjoys it. See the beauty in all living, growing things, please. They are here for a reason. Yes, some can be weedy and irritating but that doesn't mean they should be eradicated from this planet or any other for that matter!

Thank goodness for this forum. My neighbor has been trying to give me a camphor tree, a sapling, I presume. I was thinking about it bec...Read Moreause of the wonderful aroma but there is too much of a downside.

This is a very vigorous grower, even when confined to a large container, as mine is. It has tripled in size in just one season, was batte...Read Morered by a hail-storm and spent the winter in a cold corridor. It is shedding some leaves right now, so I guess it is preparing for even more vigorous growth. Sofia, Bulgaria, 2300 feet AMSL, Z 6b.

Is there any way to stop this tree from producing it's berries? What a mess.....

These trees were planted by the city long ago. My house is 97 years old. We can't knock down these trees. We will get fined. They do look...Read More beautiful but what a mess. They drop leaves, twigs, branches, seeds all year round. Killing our grass. Hard to find plants to grow underneath the tree. I have a wandering jew and violets that seem to be doing okay.

This is the most beautiful tree in the neighborhood. It's been growing for about 35 years and is the best shade tree ever.

Have a large Camphor in our backyard. This past year - 1/2 of it died. Not sure why - maybe root rot? Really liked the shade - now not su...Read Morere what to do. 1/2 of the tree is okay. Any idease would be nice. Thanks.

I ran across this site looking for seeds to plant a camphor tree. The root problems, I wasn't aware of and now I am working on the pro's ...Read More& con's. I was surprised by the comments. The reasons I wanted this tree was for shade, but more importantly- Cooking, medincinal purposes(internal and external), bug repellant.
Camphor is readily absorbed through the skin and produces a feeling of cooling similar to that of menthol and acts as slight local anesthetic and antimicrobial substance. There are anti-itch gel and cooling gels with camphor as the active ingredient. Camphor is an active ingredient in vapor-steam products, such as Vicks VapoRub, and it is effective as a cough suppressant. It may also be administered orally in small quantities (50 mg) for minor heart symptoms and fatigue.

I have several of these trees along my fence. They are moderate growers in California. They do drop leaves all year round and small st...Read Moreicks. They are messy. However I would rather have them than a tree that drops all their leaves at the same time. They do tend to be wasp collectors, so I check the trees often in the summer to make sure that there arn't any wasp nests in them. They are fragrant. Not my favorite scent from a tree but it's ok.

This undesirable tree should not be planted (at least NOT IN FLORIDA), sorry if you are a fan. It's a shame it's sold at places like LOWE...Read More'S because it's cheap and grows faster than grass. No, it's not "a native" either... They know clueless people will buy it not knowing this is an invasive, too large for the average yard, hard to remove tree. A good evergreen substitute, native tree that's better looking and cold hardy is the Cherry Laurel.

If it was up to me, unscrupulous establishments in Florida attempting to sell Camphor and Golden Raintree (Koelreuteria) which is another invasive WEED would be hit with a hefty fine. There are plenty of beautiful exotic tree species. Fully grown Camphor trees look like a bad fro' haircut, that alone should make 'em illegal.

Lately seen more and more along forest edges growing wild. I sure hope they eradicate them before it's too late. Neighbor has a 6-year old tree -a seedling of another one two houses down- that's already cracked and lifted the concrete where she parks her car. I guess if you want to exercise a lot it's good, you'll never stop pulling seedlings.

A few unhealthy Camphor trees don't grow too large but usually they all get VERY large, some huge like oaks. This tree is somewhat "cute" when young but as it matures most become ugly and the bright green turns to a sick GREEN/BROWN. If you are unlucky to have a neighbor who doesn't care, in no time you'll have a tree that's going to be hard to remove and block the needed light from reaching your fruit trees or warming up your house in the winter. There are too many more attractive and desirable trees for the subtropics.

Please do everyone a favor and don't plant this WEED in warm climates...

Plants like people have good and bad points. Clearly this tree should not be planted along streets and sidewalks nor in small gardens. In...Read More California, it does not grow as fast as in Florida and is resistant to oak-root fungus, a major plus. For warmer climates it is an evergreen treen which is quite handsome year around. It is not nearly as messy as a Eucalyptus for example. In the right setting and the right climate, it is a beautiful tree year around and is extremely hardy.

Like others have said, this is a very agressive invasive tree. It is a very soft wood and provides good shade, but if i tried to pull up...Read More every sapling i'd be busy every day for about an hour or 2. i have three camphor trees in my yard. the saplings get into my beds and try and take over everything and the trees, being rather large, shed alot of leaves all year round [and seeds, too, obviously]. the only things good about them are
1. they provide good shade because they are such fast growers
2. the bend in the florida hurricane winds [but break, too, sometimes!]
3. every year huge flocks of birds come to eat the seeds and the birds are so numerous, it sounds like rain.

Where I live in Australia it is classified as a noxtious weed.
The tree does have a use once cut down, the wood is used to create...Read More linen chests as the scent keeps away moths. This practice was started by pioneers and carried on today by industrious individuals who cut down the tree, season the wood and sell the chests at local markets. A very practical use for the tree.

Big messy tree continually dropping sticks and leaves PLUS it has a mat of invasive fibrous roots. Only vigorous, drought tolerant pla...Read Morents survive beneath it--I have been successful with Helleborus argutifolius or helleborus corsicus and of course, ivy. I am now trying some eurphorbias. I have dug new beds in my garden 20 ft away from the trunk only to find the mesh of these roots invading the beds once they got regular water. The roots smell strongly of camphor so it is easy to id them.

Camphor Tree, Camphor Laurel Cinnamomum camphora is naturalized in Texas and other States and is considered an invasive plant in Texas.

My near neighbor (zip 32926) has a large shady Camphor Tree along the Indian River of East Central Florida-Sharpes. It smells so good th...Read Moreat I was shopping for one myself...until I read other comments on this page...and thank goodness I did as I do not want any part of furthering a "class 1 invasive" in Florida by growing one in my yard. I will visit my wonderful neighbor more often to enjoy this tree from time to time. My first experience on this site has gleaned valuable information!!! I will mention that this particular tree did very well on direct waterfront through four hurricanes over two years with no visible loss of branches.

I love this tree. It was about 1 foot tall when I moved into my home. For 3 or 4 years, I pruned it for a bonsai appearance, then I let...Read More it go. Now, I have a wonderful shade tree. During hurricane Ivan, I barely lost any leaves and we were on the Eastern (worst) side of the eye. It wasn't until a year after Ivan that I noticed babies finally coming up all over. I've transplanted them all over to take place of the trees I lost in the hurricane and to bring shade to the house to keep it cooler. The leaves make a wonderful sound in the breeze and they never fall off during Winter. My favorite tree. Great shade with no raking.

Officially I am in zone 8b, but these grow only under the canopy cover of big evergreen oaks, live and laurel oaks. I'm on an exposed si...Read Morete and maybe it's a cold microclimate. There are two big ones in nearby Hawthorne, at least: you can see them in the yard of a house off 69th (Lake) Avenue, and you can see that they have been damaged by freezes in the past. They aren't really hardy enough for here, but are still a bit of a pest: a little further south they are ubiquitous and unstoppable. The wood is pretty good as a furnture hardwood; owners of big old trees (and they get FAT trunks fairly young, with lots of lumber in them) here or anywhere where the tree is a pest really should have them cut down and sawn into nice, wide boards. Do woodworkers a favor and also kill a source of fresh seeds.

I didn't realize how invasive these trees were until I started thinning the woods on my property. I have found many many saplings and hav...Read Moree quite a few larger ones too. They will all be eventually removed. Some people like the smell of the wood, but I personally think it stinks. The dried leaves contain oil and are very flammable.

There is NO stopping this tree! I have cut down the larger ones that were in my yard when I bought my property three years ago. They st...Read Moreill send up shoots from any portion of the remaining stump or roots. Nearby trees in neighbors' yards and trees growing in the wild send seeds into my yard. Every seed seems to sprout wheresoever it lands.

I had a profusely sprouting stump from a tree I cut down in the area where I wanted to build a pump house. I burned the camphor tree stump for several hours and hacked it with an axe after burning. I used masonite peg board in the floor of the pump house to allow some aeration under it (I designed the pump house to be raised on open cinder blocks so that my toads would have a good winter home -- gotta' help out your friends!). Yesterday, I found sprouts of the thoroughly blackened, massacred camphor tree stump finding their way up from the bowels of darkness through the tiny holes in the masonite peg board! Aaaarrrrggghhh!

Having respect for all living things, I've left one camphor tree stump to sprout where it stands, but I prune it often to keep it about 2 ft high and compact in size and to stop any flowers and seeds from forming. Due to its fast growth, it may have value as a topiary plant if pruned creatively. I've potted up some camphor tree seedlings as an experiment in seeing if they will grow in a confined root space. They will, and tend to grow only as large as the root space will allow, so they may have some use for Bonsai growers.

It seems to me that this would make an excellent, indestructible indoor plant for apartment dwellers since it will grow in deep shade or full sun, survives both drought and overwatering and any other neglect or abuse it may receive, and can be pruned to any size without adverse effects. I'm thinking of starting a business to ship the plants to unsuspecting urban apartment dwellers as an alternative to the ubiquitous Ficus benjamina. I can find a few thousand seedlings in my yard for anyone that wants a camphor tree grove in their condo or apartment.

On top of all the negatives about this tree one must say that the fragrance of crushed leaves and cut wood is very pleasant. Here in San ...Read MoreDiego it is green all year and sheds leaves, twigs and branches incessantly in great quantities. Very messy. I don't know why the city planted them along the streets!

This tree can become the most beautiful tree, with out blooming a flower when planted correctly. All of the negative comments about his ...Read Moretree are true! It can grow into a tree that is massive and beautiful, but it needs thought before planting. In central Florida zone 9, this tree keeps it's leaves on year 'round, and being in a rural area most people have enough yard "space" to plant Camphor Trees. Planted at the end of a property line, or at the entrance of a long drive-way can become very attractive with a Camphor Tree, but they do need the room to grow. I have one in my yard that I prune to so that it does not grow over my home, and I have never heard of this type of Camphor to cause damage from broken limbs. The best part of this type of Camphor is the SHADE! For that reason I have this tree in my yard. It can get very hot and humid and dry where I live, and the shade of this tree gives my yard the protection it needs without becoming too dark. On a hot day, the temperature feels ten degrees cooler under a Camphor Tree!

The camphor aroma is good to repel insects and other pests. That´s mainly because camphor has carcinogenic elements, and may cause cance...Read Morer in humans too after long exposures.

The Camphor Tree is a Category I Exotic Pest Plant in Florida. It comes up everywhere. They are more easily disposed of when seedlings....Read More Full grown trees are brittle and large branches can come crashing down. This is true of many fast growing trees. The ripe fruits stain sidewalks and driveways.

The tree is a designated weed species through much of Australia. We had one removed 5 years ago and are still getting suckers from roots ...Read Morewhich weren't removed at the time because of other structures in the soil. Suckering had not been a problem until then. They are very herbicide resistant and manual removal has been all that works. The leaves and wood do smell wonderful however.

These trees appear abundantly in Berkeley and El Cerrito, California (Northern Region.) They send a lot of new shoots from the base of th...Read Moree tree each spring. They have created havoc by heaving the sidewalks from root growth and regular (every three years) sidewalks have to be repaired and the roots cut back. They are used as a shade tree on many residential streets. They shed many leaves in the spring and summer. They require frequent thinning and topping to stay out of the electrical wiring and to eliminate dead branches from the bowl of the tree.