What kind of tree do you have in your backyard?...

We have a gorgeous palm tree that is at the top of my list of beloved trees, and one other lovely tree that has interesting pods, but no edible fruit, at least none that we are aware of :-) but at one time I worked at a place where the neigbbor had a pomegranate tree that had branches drooping over the stone wall that separated us and the owner of the business and I would go out and pick a few every now and then from the ones on "our" side before the fruit fell to the ground and got ruined. They were so wonderful. Oh, yes, a back yeard with a swing sounds so wonderful. We had that once, but now we live in a condo, so all the grounds are professionally managed. That is good because we don't have to cut the grass or garden, but then we cannot put up personal stuff either. Not any more.

I have several trees that surround my home, most of them are the type that don't bear fruit. However I don't know the name of most of them. I do have a fig tree and a couple of apricot trees. All these trees were already here when I moved in. I don't really mind, other than I wish there were a couple other types of fruit trees in the yard. Lucky for me though, my neighbor has an orange tree, apple trees, pomegranates, and a small peach tree that she lets me pick for my family and myself when they are in season.

I have two apple trees. Ome is a Homeycrisp and the other is a Haralred. I've had them juts 3 years and get tons of apples from them. Here's a photo of one in my yard. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~

we have mango tree in the backyard. yes there are problems also. the worms,the ants and all. this year there may be some mangoes also. again we have some guava trees. we get fruits from them each year. i like to have litchi tree.

We have a flowering plum and a Mulberry. the flowering plum is just about done blooming now but it was gorgeous for the past couple weeks. The Mulberry provides a lot of shade but is a very messy tree. the trees were here so I didn't choose. With the Africanized bees coming this way, i don't like the idea of too many fruit trees or blossoms around, and this is me, who loves to garden talking...whit

We have a gumtree at the back of our house.. but i think the owners of the next house wants to remove the gumtree and it is sad because they give us cool shades specially summer

I have a couple of neem trees in my backyard.Their shade is so cool and contains medicinal and insecticidal values. Neem twigs are used for brushing teeth in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. This practice is perhaps one of the earliest and most effective forms of dental care. All parts of the tree seeds, leaves, flowers and bark, are used for preparing many different medical preparations. Neem oil is used for preparing cosmetics soap, shampoo, balms and creams, and is useful for skin care such as acne, and keeping skin elasticity. Besides its use in traditional Indian medicine the neem tree is of great importance for its anti-desertification properties and possibly as a good carbon dioxide sink. Practictioners of traditional Indian medicine recommend that patients suffering from Chicken Pox sleep on neem leaves. Neem Gum is used as a bulking agent and for the preparation of special purpose food (those for diabetics).

Right now we don't have any trees in our yard. I wish we did. I take that back we did have a grapefruit and an orange tree but I'm allergic so we had to get rid of those. I'd like to get an oak tree or maybe a rain tree so we could have some shade. My favorite would be a Jacaranda tree. I think they are so beautiful when they are in bloom. They really make the yards look great. I've added a picture of one so you can see it. I'd like one in either pink or purple. I think it would really make the yard look great.

I have 5 trees on my property. I have a Magnolia, Weaping Willow, and a tree I don't have a clue of in my back yard. We haven't lived here long enough for the Magnolia and Weaping Willow to be big enough as shade trees. Neither are the two in the front yard which is a smaller version of a Magolia, and honestly can't remember the name of the other one. Hopefully this spring, I will be able to plant a tree my daughter brought home from school which is a acorn tree. I like to plant more trees on my property, trees brings birds and I love watching birds.

we have pine, oak, sassafras, black walnut, pear, persimmon, black cherry, nightshade, and a lot of black raspberry and elderberry bushes in our back yard. The kids eat the persimmon and the black raspberries, but the birds and wild animals get to the other fruit first.

We have a few pecan trees in our backyard along with some other trees, I don't know what they are. But I would love to have a couple of fruit trees in the yard. Peach and pear trees would be great to have.

We have a naval orange tree, some bushes and an ash tree of some type, infact we have three ash trees in our back yard. We have two mirltes in the front yard which bloom all summer long. One is deep purble and one is deep pink. I will attach a photo of one of the mirtle.

We have mango, avocado, guyabano, star apple, chico. WE also have narra and palm trees. I like it when I'm surrounded by trees. Its cooler and more refreshing especially this coming summer...

I have a grapefruit tree in my back yard. Since I don't like grapefruit, my neighbors are welcome to the fruit. If I could have any kind of fruit tree I wanted, I'd choose mango. Yumm... Question: What is jackfruit???

I grew up having pear trees in our back yard. And in the very back of our property we had a couple of apple trees. The bees were horrible when the fruit began to rot. I also remember tripping over pears when we were kids running around outside after dark. The neighbors had cherry trees and they would make pies from them. We also had raspberry bushes for awhile; until my parents turned that area into pasture. After about two years we had no more raspberries. The horses destroyed the bushes. We used to love picking and eating those raspberries too. In my own back yard we have some huge pine trees and that is all. We live on base so we didn't plant them there.

I don't have a big background but we are able to plant 2 mango trees. One of the tree have bear fruit since 2 years ago but some how the other tree hasn't bear any fruit as yet. You are right, last year both trees were attacked by termite and we have to call for pest control. Later the big red ants attacked the trees and again I had to call for the pest control service. According to them, most insects and animals like to attack mango trees because mango is sweet.

Those were the good old days! I now live in a flat but as a child we had two types of guava trees, a lemon, mango and an avocado pear tree. We could not sit in the mango or avo tree really as mango trees are very heavy leaved trees so make good hiding places for snakes! The avo tree was too high up lol, but the guava trees! Straight from school kick off your shoes toss your school bag and up the tree we went and sat eating guava's.

I have a manky old connifer tree that is half cut down at the moment, I would like a fruit bearing tree but unfortunatly in england the best you can get is crab apples lol and they arent very nice at all. I do have a nice garden tho and it has pleanty of shrubs, bushes and plants but no nice trees.

Mangoes are delish! But on to answering your question. I have a Cashew tree, a Cherry tree (west Indian variety) and 2 coconut trees in our backyard. Oh and 2 pomerrac trees growing next to each other so they look like one! We also have a barbadine vine on our wire that my dad planted but we think it's male so it probably doesn't count! I know some of those fruit trees sound a bit "weird" but I'm from Trinidad (in the Caribbean) so it's pretty normal here.