Tree's - I will survive!

[goosey]

Here are a couple of trees that I noticed on hoiday. It look's as if life has thrown alot at them but they still have the capacity to survive.

1 + 2. I saw this tree at Monk Coniston where the old walled garden is being recreated . It was rediscovered some years ago and is now being restored with the help of archeological evidence and old plans of the garden by the National Trust.

The tree had been blown over, though the trunk had not snapped and was still flowering profusely. I don't know what sort of tree it is, but its foliage was very holly like.

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3. This was hollow and the top half of it and most of the branches had been removed in the past. I looks Like it would have been a lot taller before it succomed to what ever. As you can see nothing is going to stop this from growing though.

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[ericrovve]

I think the third one has just got to be an ash-tree. The first I'd guess at Desfontainia spinosa

[goosey]

Originally Posted by ericrovve

I think the third one has just got to be an ash-tree. The first I'd guess at Desfontainia spinosa

Why an ash?

I have never heard of Desfontainia spinosa or seen one before, but its a striking looking tree. Apparantly it is native of the Andes, principally Peru and Chile - I wonder how long it has been in the garden, since the time of the great plant hunters or a more recent addition?

Thanks Eric

[ericrovve]

Why an ash?
Pinnate leaves, greyish bark. Would need a close-up of leaves or twigs to be sure, but, to me it just has that giz.

[goosey]

This one didn't survive intact, but is still useful and has it part in life.



This naturally hollowed out stump has now become a little pond - you can see the water plants growing, there was lots of insect life fungi and plants growing on it. I think its an enchanting little scene.

[paul m]

It's not just natural phenomena that they have to overcome. I imagine that this could make a fine avenue of lime trees but they've been pollarded - for neatness? Pollarding in historically worked forests is one thing, this, I think makes them look ugly. I like limes Tilia sp and hybrids becasue they host a lot of aphids and other food for beetles such as ladybirds!

[paul m]

Looks to me as if someone has gone too far with this:


Good to see it regrowing from the roots. In effect it has become a coppice!

[paul m]

These trunks seem to be holding each other up - for no obvious reason:

[goosey]

Thats a very weird looking tree - almost as if it is wearing camouflage gear!

[paul m]

... and perhaps help humans survive?
Trees make you feel better - Health - News - Manchester Evening News
I think this is true: it's bad enough being stuck in a hospital without having to look all day at brick walls or such. Much more cheerful to be able to look at trees or other greenery.

[goosey]

This yew - Taxus baccata, has been cut 6 foot from the ground, which seems an odd height to cut something back to unless who did it knew exactly what would happen. That this tree is now growing straight up rather than across the path at a weird angle. Now there is a perfectly formed new tree growing from the trunk which is itself about 7 foot tall. It does look rather odd though like a tree is balanced on a bit of wood!

[goosey]

Here are a few more I noticed in The Lake District, July 2009.

1 + 2 both found on the south end of Haweswater - it is high and exposed and the trees have succomed to the extreme ellements in this area. Hardly any further than this spot there are no "proper trees" just gorse type bushes and low shrubs.

1. Is surviving though the grass it pulled out at the same time had died.

2. Looks as if it's trunk has complelety split vertically.


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3. Was precariously hanging on to the rock. It was seen over hanging Stock Ghyll force. The whole area on the edge of the cayons are eroding and falling away and more trees were having to do the same.

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[reninfrance]

hi everyone,
I wonder if those lime trees are being re-pleached rather than pollarded.If so as they regrow to meet sideways forming a hedge on stilts they will create a stunning avenue in the future.

These pines take the full blast of the westerlies off the atlantic and somehow manage to keep their hold in the sandy soil just metres from the beach.

[Beverly Stayart]

These pines have been fighting the ocean blasts for so long that it has strengthened them over time.