Every fall I get leaves on my driveway and I don’t like it!
Familiar_Many_7783
Oh my God, yes. I hired someone to do some work in my front yard once and they hacked up all of my bushes,they’ve never been the same. Makes me want to cry.
Known-Name
To be fair, young homeowners are doing the same thing. At least near me. It’s a fucking plague, sadly.
Couchonthecouch
Same kind of go getter attitude that plants morning glory
GraciousPeacock
Do we have the same father? The garden is so much better once I took over! Finally the flowers get a freaking chance to have a season lol
xxxx69420xx
better cut it down before it falls
ImaDinosaurRAA
But god forbid you approach their precious camellia with a pair of secateurs, “ vandalism” they cry!
cannibalpeas
This needs a prequel meme where the boomer plants a 60’ maple under the power lines feeding their home.
jmbrjr
It’s a gorgeous traditionally southern flowering shrub but it’s not native so rip the roots out of 200 years of family gardening heritage, for the sake of purity in a landscape that was clear cut and crapped out a dozen times since 1492.
mrkrabsbigreddumper
Add in covering their yard in plastic only to have the weeds back in a year and a nightmare for anyone who comes later and wants to steward the land.
x-twigs
my parent’s place had gorgeous trees that shaded the sidewalk and produced deeply red leaves in the fall. it’s not a coincidence that i potted my first plant shortly after my dad topped every single one of them
toin9898
Its me, except I’m ripping out deciduous “hedges” that would grow 20′ in a year if I let them, and replacing them with dwarf fruit trees and berry bushes 😈
lawfullyblind
Except Bradford pears…
Great68
Yeah, well sometimes people have no clue what they’re planting. The previous owners of my house planted a Camellia directly in front of my living room window. It ended up completely blocking the window.
I cut that shit down, because I like natural light in my living room. I guess I’m a boomer. Lol.
heyinternetman
My father in law is like a beaver hearing running water any time he sees a nice tree. I don’t get his compulsion.
winelover08816
The new Millennial and (fellow) GenX neighbors have been getting on my nerves these past couple of years. They move into a neighborhood with mature trees and start hacking, or pollarding, mature oaks. One took out several 3-foot diameter plus oaks that were healthy, mostly because they “created too much shade.” Now they’re bitching about their air conditioning costs and how unfair it is that electricity is expensive. Can’t wait for the inevitable solar panels.
olov244
I do hate how plant tags underestimate the size of things. you get something 2ft tall, then it ends up being 8ft tall
youngatbeingold
My mom is a wonderful gardener but lordy any time she comes to visit she wrecks my shurbs. I had just planted some weigela and quice and apparently they still needed to be pruned at the end of the season into tiny little twigs.
Snake973
this could also be people who just learned about bonsai
BandicootOriginal909
There are a lot of people that love unnecessary pruning.
Jub_Jub710
I just bought a house with two massive black walnut trees in the yard. I’m not used to living around such large trees and it freaks me out a little. I had them trimmed and inspected, but the way they go near the powerlines still bothers me. I wont cut them down unless something major happens, but they so, so big.
Nomailforu
I bought a house last year that didn’t have any trees in the huge backyard. This is a 20 year old home and not one of the two previous families ever considered planting a single tree?? I almost didn’t buy the place because of that. I reconsidered since it’s a blank slate for me to plant whatever the heck I want.
NavierIsStoked
I’m mean, I completely cut back my Japanese Maple in front of my house and it comes back with a vengeance. Same with a tall Holly bush. I completely murder it every few years and it comes back just fine.
Marmoticon
Boomer up the street, every hedge must be a sphere!
His wife is like “if you let them grow they have flowers!”
<Sound of trimmer firing up> “they look messy with flowers”
We didnt have autism in my day
SaintOfVacantLots
They’re like beavers when they hear running water but it’s plants just living.
duckinradar
There was a gorgeous and established rhododendron shading my apartment. Two stories, flowering, healthy, and I work nights so that tree was a huge part of me moving in here.
My moron property owner pulled that out and had it replaced with a tiny Japanese maple. He also paid the landscaping crew to do all of this so that Japanese maple got hacked to bits and is already dying a couple months later.
justonepeach007
I gifted my mother potted peonies for mother’s day a few years ago, planted them for her, I SEARCHED for just the right color for her. I LOVE peonies, I was so excited to give them to her and plant them in her little garden patch.
The following spring, she had some “gardener” (????) Come and re-do her garden….I said “where are the peonies I gave you?” And she was like “oh I don’t know I guess the gardener must have pulled them up”. I was so hurt….I digress, my mommy issues are for another sub.
Do you know what this “gardener” planted in their place?
PANSIES. FU CKING. PANSIES.
Rad_Atmosphere974
Bought a house, moved in, shortly after hacked up and removed four yews that were overgrown and too close to the foundation. Replaced with native perennials. Felt like I did a service.
Fr05t_B1t
My grandma got a house that came with like 3 fruit trees and a couple other small trees in her backyard. She hired someone to pull them all out.
Diseased-Prion
I wish my landlord had this compilation. I have a massive sweet gum tree in my yard. I cannot actually use my yard because there are spiky balls everywhere. No matter how often I pick them up. There are always more. It is also growing into the power lines. 🫠
image90
I feel attacked.
Aren’t boxwoods supposed to be shaped instead of be randomly sized across a bed?
And the other bush is growing out onto my front steps and walkway. It needs to be controlled. I’ve been slowly trimming over 5 years so as not to do too much butchering in one go… idk what i’m doing but i think it’s been working. – a millennial
DirtInMySkirt
My mom is a rare exception, but not in a reasonable way. Everything must be an overgrown jungle rather than appear to be tended.
random_sociopath
I swear everyone around me hacks their trees to shit. It’s infuriating
RG1527
My father in law decided my Nishiki willow needed trimmed at my old house… Luckily those things grow like weeds and it didnt take long to recover but it looked like absolute ass for a couple of months.
Bubblefishroot
Boomer caught the idea it was “too close to the septic tank” after 45 years. The alleged arborist got the wrong instructions and obliterated the adjacent oak tree before they got it right.
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Every fall I get leaves on my driveway and I don’t like it!
Oh my God, yes. I hired someone to do some work in my front yard once and they hacked up all of my bushes,they’ve never been the same. Makes me want to cry.
To be fair, young homeowners are doing the same thing. At least near me. It’s a fucking plague, sadly.
Same kind of go getter attitude that plants morning glory
Do we have the same father? The garden is so much better once I took over! Finally the flowers get a freaking chance to have a season lol
better cut it down before it falls
But god forbid you approach their precious camellia with a pair of secateurs, “ vandalism” they cry!
This needs a prequel meme where the boomer plants a 60’ maple under the power lines feeding their home.
It’s a gorgeous traditionally southern flowering shrub but it’s not native so rip the roots out of 200 years of family gardening heritage, for the sake of purity in a landscape that was clear cut and crapped out a dozen times since 1492.
Add in covering their yard in plastic only to have the weeds back in a year and a nightmare for anyone who comes later and wants to steward the land.
my parent’s place had gorgeous trees that shaded the sidewalk and produced deeply red leaves in the fall. it’s not a coincidence that i potted my first plant shortly after my dad topped every single one of them
Its me, except I’m ripping out deciduous “hedges” that would grow 20′ in a year if I let them, and replacing them with dwarf fruit trees and berry bushes 😈
Except Bradford pears…
Yeah, well sometimes people have no clue what they’re planting. The previous owners of my house planted a Camellia directly in front of my living room window. It ended up completely blocking the window.
I cut that shit down, because I like natural light in my living room. I guess I’m a boomer. Lol.
My father in law is like a beaver hearing running water any time he sees a nice tree. I don’t get his compulsion.
The new Millennial and (fellow) GenX neighbors have been getting on my nerves these past couple of years. They move into a neighborhood with mature trees and start hacking, or pollarding, mature oaks. One took out several 3-foot diameter plus oaks that were healthy, mostly because they “created too much shade.” Now they’re bitching about their air conditioning costs and how unfair it is that electricity is expensive. Can’t wait for the inevitable solar panels.
I do hate how plant tags underestimate the size of things. you get something 2ft tall, then it ends up being 8ft tall
My mom is a wonderful gardener but lordy any time she comes to visit she wrecks my shurbs. I had just planted some weigela and quice and apparently they still needed to be pruned at the end of the season into tiny little twigs.
this could also be people who just learned about bonsai
There are a lot of people that love unnecessary pruning.
I just bought a house with two massive black walnut trees in the yard. I’m not used to living around such large trees and it freaks me out a little. I had them trimmed and inspected, but the way they go near the powerlines still bothers me. I wont cut them down unless something major happens, but they so, so big.
I bought a house last year that didn’t have any trees in the huge backyard. This is a 20 year old home and not one of the two previous families ever considered planting a single tree?? I almost didn’t buy the place because of that. I reconsidered since it’s a blank slate for me to plant whatever the heck I want.
I’m mean, I completely cut back my Japanese Maple in front of my house and it comes back with a vengeance. Same with a tall Holly bush. I completely murder it every few years and it comes back just fine.
Boomer up the street, every hedge must be a sphere!
His wife is like “if you let them grow they have flowers!”
<Sound of trimmer firing up> “they look messy with flowers”
We didnt have autism in my day
They’re like beavers when they hear running water but it’s plants just living.
There was a gorgeous and established rhododendron shading my apartment. Two stories, flowering, healthy, and I work nights so that tree was a huge part of me moving in here.
My moron property owner pulled that out and had it replaced with a tiny Japanese maple. He also paid the landscaping crew to do all of this so that Japanese maple got hacked to bits and is already dying a couple months later.
I gifted my mother potted peonies for mother’s day a few years ago, planted them for her, I SEARCHED for just the right color for her. I LOVE peonies, I was so excited to give them to her and plant them in her little garden patch.
The following spring, she had some “gardener” (????) Come and re-do her garden….I said “where are the peonies I gave you?” And she was like “oh I don’t know I guess the gardener must have pulled them up”. I was so hurt….I digress, my mommy issues are for another sub.
Do you know what this “gardener” planted in their place?
PANSIES. FU CKING. PANSIES.
Bought a house, moved in, shortly after hacked up and removed four yews that were overgrown and too close to the foundation. Replaced with native perennials. Felt like I did a service.
My grandma got a house that came with like 3 fruit trees and a couple other small trees in her backyard. She hired someone to pull them all out.
I wish my landlord had this compilation. I have a massive sweet gum tree in my yard. I cannot actually use my yard because there are spiky balls everywhere. No matter how often I pick them up. There are always more. It is also growing into the power lines. 🫠
I feel attacked.
Aren’t boxwoods supposed to be shaped instead of be randomly sized across a bed?
And the other bush is growing out onto my front steps and walkway. It needs to be controlled. I’ve been slowly trimming over 5 years so as not to do too much butchering in one go… idk what i’m doing but i think it’s been working. – a millennial
My mom is a rare exception, but not in a reasonable way. Everything must be an overgrown jungle rather than appear to be tended.
I swear everyone around me hacks their trees to shit. It’s infuriating
My father in law decided my Nishiki willow needed trimmed at my old house… Luckily those things grow like weeds and it didnt take long to recover but it looked like absolute ass for a couple of months.
Boomer caught the idea it was “too close to the septic tank” after 45 years. The alleged arborist got the wrong instructions and obliterated the adjacent oak tree before they got it right.