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Iconic White House tree to be cut down
CNN ^ | December 26, 2017 | Kate Bennett

Posted on 12/26/2017 12:02:57 PM PST by mairdie

The south facade of the White House will undergo a dramatic change this week: the historic Jackson Magnolia, a tree that has been in place since the 1800s, is scheduled to be cut down and removed. The enormous magnolia, one of three on the west side of the White House and the oldest on the White House grounds, extends from the ground floor, up past the front of the windows of the State Dining Room on the first floor and beyond the second-level executive residence. The tree has had a long and storied life, yet has now been deemed too damaged and decayed to remain in place.

Specialists at the United States National Arboretum were brought in by the White House to assess the Magnolia grandiflora, as it is specifically termed. According to documents obtained exclusively by CNN, the tree must be removed, and quickly, despite efforts to preserve it over several decades.

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For several months, at an undisclosed greenhouse-like location nearby, healthy offshoots of the tree have been growing, tended to with care and now somewhere around eight to 10 feet tall. CNN has learned the plan is that another Jackson Magnolia, born directly from the original, will soon be planted in its place, for history to live on.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Gardening; History
KEYWORDS: arborist; flotusmelania; magnolia; tree; trumpwhitehouse; whitehouse
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To: ctdonath2

Very perceptive.

Let’s see, had it been on Obama’s watch:

“Tree adored by president succumbs to time and nature despite his hurculain efforts to save it.”

Did I do OK?


41 posted on 12/26/2017 12:54:40 PM PST by CrazyIvan (Honk If You've Been Sexually Assaulted By Harvey Weinstein.)
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To: mairdie

I’ve always hated that tree. Thank God we finally have a President with the gumption to do what has to be done!


42 posted on 12/26/2017 12:56:59 PM PST by Vesparado (The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard --- HL Mencken)
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To: reg45
"In two hundred years, the replacement trees will be huge."

"The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is today."

43 posted on 12/26/2017 12:57:27 PM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: mairdie
Brain freeze. Washington, of course.


44 posted on 12/26/2017 12:58:48 PM PST by mairdie
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To: Sgt_Schultze
Clear-cutting the front lawn of the White House!
DJT is horrible!!!

It's the back lawn...

45 posted on 12/26/2017 1:02:53 PM PST by publius911 (CBS: "Asking the right questions is 100% of catching sexual abusers")
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To: Little Pig

I remember the magnolias in front of Homewood House in Baltimore.

They were sheltered from northern winds.

The leaves are a problem since they are quite durable.

Make sure the leaf problem is acceptable before planting one.

I think southern magnolias, like cherry trees, block growth of grass and other plants underneath them.

The best Saucer magnolia I ever saw was in the Stockade area of Schenectady, NY. I saw some good examples in the Boston area as well.

In Baltimore, the cold usually marred the flowering display of the Saucer magnolias. Further north, the trees bloom later and are not as impacted.


46 posted on 12/26/2017 1:03:03 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Robert A Cook PE

The first media reports are ALREADY blaming Melania for chopping down the tree, as if she wanted it cut down because it interfered with with her view.

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According to the article it was her decision. But it’s also clear something had to be done, and it had nothing to do with the view. It sounds like one of the three trunks will be left standing for a few more years. If I understand correctly they have rooted cuttings, so technically it will still be the same tree when they are planted.


47 posted on 12/26/2017 1:04:37 PM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: mairdie

Trees don’t live forever, the arborist said it was time for this one, and they have to take it out before it falls on the WH. I manage an historic site and this, unfortunately, something that you have to do from time to time.


48 posted on 12/26/2017 1:09:54 PM PST by livius
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To: CrazyIvan

Yup, something like that.

Or...
“Decaying Iconic White House Tree to be Replaced with Descendant”
“Risking Collapse, Iconic WH Tree Being Restored”
“Remains of Iconic WH Tree to be Reborn As Oval Office Furniture”

...something indicating it’s the tree’s “fault”, not the WH occupant’s.


49 posted on 12/26/2017 1:11:12 PM PST by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: mairdie

Trees have term limits. So should Congress.


50 posted on 12/26/2017 1:12:10 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: BipolarBob
Search for the headlines blaming Melania for this.

Melania Trump orders removal of near-200-year-old tree from White House

51 posted on 12/26/2017 1:15:41 PM PST by Lonely Bull ("When he is being rude or mean it drives people _away_ from his confession and _towards_ yours.")
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To: OttawaFreeper

[artisan fix it up with sanding and varnishing work so you can count the rings, neat.]

Excellent idea.

Now I’m going to call my 89 year old carpenter father an “artisan”. (grin)


52 posted on 12/26/2017 1:21:02 PM PST by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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To: CrazyIvan
You know that someone in the media will spin this somehow to slander him.

Actually Melania with the headline from Newsweak:

Melania Trump orders removal of near-200-year-old tree from White House

53 posted on 12/26/2017 1:21:31 PM PST by CedarDave (Alt-left hates presidents pics on paper money. I'll gladly collect those offensive bills from them!)
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But the Jackson magnolia will live on. White House groundskeepers have been
preparing for the tree’s demise and have grown several offshoots from the
tree and will plant one of them in its place.

http://abc13.com/society/white-house-magnolia-to-be-cut-down/2826222/


54 posted on 12/26/2017 1:22:12 PM PST by deport
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To: mairdie

The tree was planted by Andrew Jackson, or at his behest. It is a racist tree and should have been removed long ago.


55 posted on 12/26/2017 1:22:35 PM PST by sphinx
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To: CrazyIvan

Unnamed sources have stated they heard Trump saying “That tree stands between me and White Supremacy. Cut it down”


56 posted on 12/26/2017 1:23:38 PM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: OttawaFreeper

My daughter had two old, rotting maples cut down in front of her house last summer. A local woodworker took them away for her.

I was able to contact him, and buy a beautiful, live edged bowl that he had made out of part of one.

I gave it to her for Christmas yesterday. She was so thrilled by it.


57 posted on 12/26/2017 1:33:21 PM PST by SelmaLee (Trump Train MAGA!)
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To: mairdie

When is the tree called racist?


58 posted on 12/26/2017 1:39:50 PM PST by I want the USA back (Politicians willingly sacrifice White Christians to their real god: muzzies)
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To: Arkansas Tider

Trees Communicating...

There’s a punchline in THAT!


59 posted on 12/26/2017 1:45:28 PM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Arkansas Tider

So one of the nearby trees it has been communicating with is located on the grounds of the Washington Post. The source of the leaks has been found and will be dealt with appropriately.


60 posted on 12/26/2017 1:45:28 PM PST by VietVet876
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