Traditional pollarding

[Al Smith]

What keeps them alive ? I see no leaves .

 

[CurSedVoyce]

It will throw shoots and leaves come spring.
Trees Store energy Al.

http://mff.dsisd.net/Environment/TreePhys.htm

 

[Al Smith]

Well yes I know that .What I didn't know was it must be winter in that picture .
It isn't like I'm used to seeing palm trees then a knobby bald tree .

Gawd those things are butt ugly .

 

[Bermy]

Yes Al it was towards the end of winter in Victoria Australia, approaching Melbourne somewhere.

Funny thing is Plane trees grow just fine in sub tropical climates! We have quite a few big ones in Bermuda...
In Australia it seems to be the thing to try and grow any kind of palm tree in even the colder temperate climates I guess just to give an illusion of tropicality and warmth...
I detest the look of Canary Date palms in temperate climates, it looks stupid! Mind you I don't like them even in the tropics...

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Well yes I know that .What I didn't know was it must be winter in that picture.

No leaves on the trees were a dead give away .....

 

[Tree Reb]

Al you owe me half an hour.

Took me a while but I tracked the signpost down. I hope this works, if not Google maps street view, 14 Albert St Warragul, Victoria and go up to the lights.

With the leaves on.

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=al...=90z2AND7ZPZfP-oRzl8l1Q&cbp=12,77.39,,0,-1.59

 

[Al Smith]

Well that doesn't look so bad .Wonder what all the fuss is about .

 

[Bermy]

Ha, that's neat!

The fuss is people don't get it by just looking at the dormant 'cat's heads' with no leaves, think it looks nasty.
I think they look like lollipops when they flush out, insted of the nice scaffold of a regularly pruned tree.
But, when its done from the get go because of limitations due to power lines or other obstructions, at least its functional, beats the hell out of topping!

 

[Tree Reb]

I forgot I could do this.

 

[Bermy]

Its a wee bit scary what can be done these days!!!

 

[NickfromWI]

I've noticed when I see 1 pollarded tree, I rarely am happy with what I see. But for some reason when I see them in rows, it is much more amazing to me.

There is a walkway near fisherman's wharf in San Francisco that has a few dozen sycamore or plane trees and I love the look of it. And in an urban environment, it makes perfect sense to me. They'll never have to worry about one of those trees coming crashing down and ruining buildings or killing people.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Here's the one local here I have mentioned in the past. Pretty cool. I like those big ol knuckles. Fruitless Mulberry.

 

[MasterBlaster]

It makes for alien treez from another planet...

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Thor Clubs

 

[top_notch]

Medusa's hair. Is that barbed wire on top of their fence surrounding the house...talk about maximum security!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

There are two houses there and I know at least one of the family works for Asplundh and parks his work truck there. The second house has a day care at it. My kids don't go to that day care

 

[stig]

VERY nice pollard, Stephen.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Thought you would appreciate that one, Stig.