Magnolia tree
 

I know there are companies that fig up and buy mature palm trees but are there any places that would buy other variety of trees. I have a beautiful magnolia that is getting too big for its location and wonder if there is a market for it before I chop it down.

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You better check with "ARC" BEFORE cutting it down.
Many of the CDD areas have restrictions on removing them.

It’s a tree I planted in the rear of house 15 years ago.

Who planted it is not relevant, worth checking ARC.

As a longtime nurseryman/landscaper here is your answer..
YES the tree has value, unfortunately removing the tree is more costly than that value. If I had a place to use the tree, I can buy one from a tree farm, with little or no danger of shock, and for less than it would cost to remove a tree properly (for transplant) at a home. Even in the best of conditions ( No irrigation or utility issues in a location I can get to with my tractor) just the digging and refilling of the hole is costly.
Atleast that is from the standpoint of a reputable contractor w/ good equipment and proper insurance and know how to do the job.

Save some headache and just cut and grind the stump.

Lesson to learn? When you are re-landscaping, stop trying to save the low budget junk from the builder package. You will be removing it in a few years anyway.

After three applications and hearings with ARC, we finally got approval to remove the mess making magnolia monstrosity in our yard. I wish our next door neighbor would remove theirs as well as the mess spills over into our yard. A side note, these trees have an extensive and shallow root system and it’s a soft wood. After about a year after the tree removal, the roots began rotting under our lawn producing fungus and weeds, which looked horrible. It takes about another year for the rotting to run it’s course, at which point you will have to rip what’s left of your existing lawn and re sod it. Everything looks great now, but it’s a long process.

Get approval and cut it down.

Just “trim it” severely ( wink wink)

What info did you get when you did a google?

Sometimes it is easier to apologize, than seek permission.
I would just get rid of it.
JMTC.

Does this apply to all rules and laws?:shocked:

I don’t think it’s any longer legally required to get permission to remove a tree from your property. DeSantis recently signed a bill that makes it it illegal to prevent a property owner from removing trees from their property, which effectively overrides the deed restriction.

"fig up"?

Rather than “I think”, ARC would know if that is true.

Not to all laws, but definitely, without a doubt, and positively to Magnolia trees!

Try calling Sun Scape Inc. I think they are in Tampa. They buy trees. sunscapeinc.com I do believe they will tell you exactly what Ozzello said in his post. I would also ask ARC at least a couple times as I always get conflicting answers when I go into their office. Good Luck

Why would you need permission to take the Magnolia tree down when it's in your back yard?

My neighbor had a large Oak tree in his front yard that had been planted by the Developer 15 years ago and he had to get ARC to approve the removal. Oak trees are protected.

Why would you need permission to take the Magnolia tree down when it's in your back yard?

That is the way this place works.

I don't believe it applies to a Magnolia tree in your own back yard. So if I decided to cut down a rose bush or a Hibiscus, which I planted without having to get permission, I would have to get permission from the ARC to cut it down? I don't think so. It only applies to Oak trees because they are protected. Plus, the Developer planted Oak trees only in front yards, not in back yards.

Go Ron:boom:

Back yard , front yard not a consideration. 4” plus tree.
Cannot compare a rose bush with a 5” diameter maple tree.
Don’t believe call ARC.

Magnolias
 

Chop and grind. They are the dirtiest trees in existence. TV should stop planting them and save everyone a lot of trouble later.

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The 2021 Florida Statutes


Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Chapter 163
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS
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163.045 Tree pruning, trimming, or removal on residential property.—
(1) A local government may not require a notice, application, approval, permit, fee, or mitigation for the pruning, trimming, or removal of a tree on residential property if the property owner obtains documentation from an arborist certified by the International Society of Arboriculture or a Florida licensed landscape architect that the tree presents a danger to persons or property.
(2) A local government may not require a property owner to replant a tree that was pruned, trimmed, or removed in accordance with this section.
(3) This section does not apply to the exercise of specifically delegated authority for mangrove protection pursuant to ss. 403.9321-403.9333.