The I hate "insert tree" thread

[Lazylightningny]

I hate taxus, and no one can convince me otherwise, because it's related to unhappy childhood memories. I grew up in a bad neighborhood in Jackson Heights, Queens, NYC, where all the fugly brick apartment buildings full of us sardines packed together in greasy oil were landscaped with yews and their nasty red berries. Every time I look at an effing taxus it reminds me of that part of my miserable life and I want to pour gasoline on them and burn them all.

Ok, maybe just a liiiiitle excessive; but really, I do hate taxus.

Are there any trees you hate, and why?

 

[Carol 83]

The dead ones...because they are dead.

 

[Lorax7]

Cottonwood. I have one in my back yard and, really the only positive aspect is that it provides some shade (which any other tree could do as well). Every year it dumps it’s cotton-tufted seeds everywhere. It looks like a bunch of mischievous teenagers had the most epic, vicious pillow fight ever all over both my front and back yards. It clogs the air cooling on the lawnmower and I have pick the fuzz off to prevent damage to the mower. It clogs the gutters on the house. It gets stuck in the foliage pads on my bonsai. It’s such a dirty tree.

 

[Nybonsai12]

Tropicals, all of them.

 

[Dav4]

I hate older, sickly oak trees uphill from my garden...

 

[ihaveaspaceship]

Boxwoods. I just don't like the look of its bark or its leafs.

 

[Cadillactaste]

So far most juniper other than shimpaku. I'm skin sensitive...even ended up with an infection from a blue rug juniper.

 

[VAFisher]

I really want to like to like them but they HATE me, so I will say Scots Pine. Screw them. I can't keep fungus off of them.

 

[barrosinc]

In Chile so many people have ficus carica or common fig... I hate those!
Boxwood is very high in the list also.

 

[Ironbeaver]

I have an aversion to jade and portulacaria afra. The leaves are so thick and gross looking, all full of goo.

 

[Smoke]

Yes, Poorly executed bonsai.

 

[0soyoung]

Sumac

Though I must admit to there being a very nice one at the Pacific Bonsai Museum.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Fukien Tea, a perfect storm of fickle temperament, pest-prone, beginner-attracted, inside wannabe outside hot mess.

 

[Rid]

My brother in law’s family tree! Durp!

 

[tree4me]

Agree with BVF, Fukien tea. all my pest issues in S Florida started with them.

 

[Solaris]

Fuck buckthorn. Nasty little weed. I loathe it about as much as I do garlic mustard and poison ivy.

I have an aversion to jade and portulacaria afra. The leaves are so thick and gross looking, all full of goo.

But the P. afra's leaves are also tasty!

 

[M. Frary]

I hate all trees.
And I believe they hate me back.
I'm a trees worst nightmare.

 

[Lorax7]

I hate all trees.
And I believe they hate me back.
I'm a trees worst nightmare.

So, basically this is Marathon Man and you’re the dentist while the trees are Dustin Hoffman?

 

[thomas22]

Ficus Benjimina pretty much suck. I cant even spell the dam tree name.

 

[sorce]

I hate Hackberry the tree.

Love Hackberry the Bonsai.

Sucks!

Sorce