Anyone here knowledgeable about flowering trees?

[DrStrange]

Do you know how old that tree is (approximately)? Looks to be a great suburban lawn tree, especially if it could be encouraged to grow tall enough that people could walk comfortably underneath its canopy.

I really can't remember when it was planted. I'm thinking like maybe forty or fifty years ago.
I trimmed it to form an awning over the sidewalk.

https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/attachments/dscn1178b-jpg.1291317/

It's really world class. People come from other neighborhoods to take pictures.
You can tell from the shadow that the canopy coverage is solid.
It's just one layer of leaves covering a spacious volume.

The car crash was 1997.

 

[DrStrange]

Slightly off topic here:

These are chestnut oaks, Quercus montana,
from acorns that I picked up last year
when they were masting at West Point military academy.
I inoculated these with Tuber borchii. I will plant them soon.