Recent content by Che Joubert

Thanks - I was going to contact someone but hadn't thought of a county extension agent. Thing is I wanted to get a bit of user feedback first because of all the various warning associated with the Empress. I really appreciate hearing from someone in this area who has the tree and has personal...

Thanks for the post Smart Red - it was very helpful. I was wondering if you could estimate how tall the trees that grow in a row in that other town are. Are they taller than yours? We're looking for height to hide a telephone pole at the back of the property, and I'm beginning to wonder if the...

I live in Berkeley Ca, and grew up in FL before moving here so am very familiar with the issues there of non-native take overs such as the water hyacinth and kudzu, and now I hear about this Melaleuca tree problem in south Florida that sounds awful. It seems as though many plants and trees can...

I'm doing some reading about Empress trees and have become concerned about environmental issues with it. I saw the alternate trees suggested by 'Beavis' on this forum and the Tipu Tipuana looked great, but when I looked that one up I found it's on the 'alert list' for environmental weeds in many...