On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:13:43 +0000, JohnR66 wrote:

I'm looking for a medium large shade tree for my back yard. I am in SW Ohio
and prefer a tree that doesn't make a mess (other than the leaves) and is
trouble free to grow. My back yard is devoid of vegitation, so this tree
would get full sunlight. The back yard is 75 x 60 feet and the tree would be
near the middle. I would like to start from a seed. I looked on a tree
website and there is a vast amount of possiblilities that I'd like to narrow
down. I know I can't have trees that can be attacked by EAB and oaks seem to
have problems of their own. What do you suggest?
Thanks, John

Not sure what county you are in but I looked up Dept. of Agriculture for
Athens county. (former Buckeye here)

Might find info for the county you reside in after a soil test. Then get a
recomendation locally.

http://athens.osu.edu/Agriculture/index_html

We had some Tulip (poplar) trees in SW Ohio that offered good shade.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...h+Images&gbv=2

Had Maple trees in Central Ohio that had the winged seeds. They would
sprout in the gutters and required cleaning out the gutters on a two story
house. I don't recomend these.