There's a tree growing in my home.

[cm98059]

No you don't. Trust me, you don't.

Why? The problem's only in autumn, right?

Maple trees are a problem year round. I have a "Big Leaf Maple" in the front yard. In the winter ice and winds break branches off and scatter them all over the yard. Every spring, the seeds and the pollen cover everything. In the Summer, I have to pull seedlings out of the flower beds and lawn or I would be living in a forest by fall. I am always pruning the tree, and in the fall I have to rake the leaves. I would just cut it down, but they come back from the roots, so instead of one, I would have four or five to deal with. It is also twisting and I am waiting for it to topple over, taking out my sidewalk, the power lines, the retaining wall and the driveway. I'll be pissed if it takes out my dogwoods and the hydrangia.

 

[Sam Blum]

Yeah, but there are heaps of different types of maple trees, and not all are problematic. You just need to do a bit of research and find out what is going to be okay in your area. What grows really easily and causes enormous problems in one area may really struggle in another region.

That said, I have included a picture of a house a few along the street from where I stayed in Dresden. This is reaaaalllly common in Dresden, unfortunately... really small window boxes that simply aren't large enough for the plants people put in them! Sadly, trees growing in old homes is actually really common there, and not always in vacant houses. Very sad.

 

[Ephemeral]

When I saw the title, I was thinking of a full-grown tree bursting through the floor and growing out of your roof.

 

[gsdx]

it looks like your rubber tree needs a bit more light - the leaves should be BIGGER on that old a tree.

I think it was perspective. Most of the leaves are much larger than they look:

 

[DonQuixote]

Pretty impressive vegetation, Neil.
My indoor efforts are much smaller.

A couple of Christmas Cacti, an Aloe plant, an orchid or two and a pothos, but I keep them small.

 

[gsdx]

Pretty impressive vegetation, Neil.
My indoor efforts are much smaller.

A couple of Christmas Cacti, an Aloe plant, an orchid or two and a pothos, but I keep them small.

My Christmas cactus is just visible on the plant rack at the left (behind the rubber tree and beneath the left-hand philodendron.

 

[DonQuixote]

So it is, so it is.
We have two pots - one that is over 20 years old -we brought it with us when we moved back in 1991. The other is much younger - perhaps around 8 years old or so.