Trees

[Shrubrose]

Unless I've missed it, I dont think there's been a thread for trees? Thought I'd kick off with this.......any guesses? BTW, it's not dead (just in case anyone should think it is).



And a cedar, which we put in about 4 years ago and is now becoming very established (nearly lost it last year with the mighty winds we had)

[Weeterrier]

A Cedar has to be one of the most elegant trees around. Beautiful Shrub.

[Missredhead]

I like trees, I really do except when they are dropping leaves all over my just swept garden

Twice I've swept them up today and it's covered again....... will have to have another go tomorrow!!!

[Shrubrose]

You should get ones that dont moult Missy ;D

[Shrubrose]

weeterrier said:

A Cedar has to be one of the most elegant trees around. Beautiful Shrub.

I just love them wt. I have weeping cedar (cedrus deodara aurea), cedrus atlantica glauca, cedrus 'silver' something (two tone, also weeping but a baby yet) and the one above.

;D

[Missredhead]

Thats just my point, their not my trees! they belong to the 'big house' that is behind mine.
When I bought the house I didn't think about leaf drop! Maybe I shoud have

[Shrubrose]

Could you turn it to your advantage? Are you saving them for leafmould? You need some sort of reward for your hard work.

[Missredhead]

They are horse chestnut trees and the leaves just stay 'crispy' they don't seem to compost down.
Mind you the kids love the conkers, I get them all asking if I can collect them for them, ( apparently you dont get them in London!) so there I am collecting conkers when no-one is about I might add... for the kids of friends who live in London!!

[Shrubrose]

Atlantic cedar. Precarious start to life, as bark was heavily chomped by marauding sheep. Thankfully, it recovered.

[Missredhead]

you have sheep in your garden??

[Shrubrose]

Oh Missy, I can just see you doing it ;D Pockets stuffed full. Bet you are someone's favourite aunty aren't you?

[Missredhead]

I do try.....

Seeing as I have no grandchildren of my own (yet,) I tend to spoil other peoples!!

[Shrubrose]

missredhead said:

you have sheep in your garden??

OMG no. Only when we've left the gate open. There's a rather lax 'farmer' up the lane who lets his animals wander. We've also had cows and horses in. Makes a right mess of the so called 'lawn', as well as heavy losses on a number of plants. He was the guy who chopped some of our trees back when we were away in June.

[Missredhead]

oh, one of those sort of neighbours.
A pain in the backside type

[Shrubrose]

missredhead said:

oh, one of those sort of neighbours.
A pain in the backside type

For sure. He is not to be messed with.

[andy]

The top photo is a Japanese Cedar...... cryptameria japonica

They can get massive....60 feet ? but have this gorgeous feathery appearence which turns a lovely bronze in winter.

I adore cedars...not too keen on the atlantic ones but the weeping ones are gorgeous (C. Deodara)....i was always told by my college lecturer that C. Atlanta...the branches ascend and C. Deodara....the branches descend !!!!......one of them useless pieces of info that will stick with me to the grave .

[Shrubrose]

andy said:

The top photo is a Japanese Cedar...... cryptameria japonica

They can get massive....60 feet ? but have this gorgeous feathery appearence which turns a lovely bronze in winter.

I adore cedars...not too keen on the atlantic ones but the weeping ones are gorgeous (C. Deodara)....i was always told by my college lecturer that C. Atlanta...the branches ascend and C. Deodara....the branches descend !!!!......one of them useless pieces of info that will stick with me to the grave .

You're absolutely right Andy. ;D It's cryptomeria japonica elegans. I've got c. j. pyramidata on order too.

Thanks for the tip re deodara and atlantica - I hadn't twigged to that. I just love them. Fortunately we have the space but I doubt I'll be around when they achieve their glory.

[Chuckles]

I thought these trees looked lovely on the skyline. The last one is actually 2 trees directly behind one another.

[Chuckles]

As you can tell I've been out and about with the camera today ;D these are some really craggy looking tree trunks I came across.

[Shrubrose]

Aren't they majestic Chuckles? I love the way they dominate the landscape and the skyline. I can look at them for ages. And the older some get, the more interesting they become as shown by your last lot of photo's. Makes me wonder what stories they could tell, if they could speak.

[flowersfriend]

I bet loads of lttle critters live there...... wonderful

[Deleted]

Thought I'd resurrect this thread with a couple of unusual pictures I took today.





And this one of a fallen tree we found while out walking this afternoon.



FA x

[Shrubrose]

Wonderful pics FA. The first two look immensely tall! What were they, do you know?

I love the arrangement of branches on this one

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Sorry Shrub, they weren't labelled

FA x

[Shrubrose]

;D

[Susie Snowdrop]

Mar 31, 2008 7:48:24 GMT Shrubrose said:

Wonderful pics FA. The first two look immensely tall! What were they, do you know?

I love the arrangement of branches on this one

That's fab ...........I want to climb it



S x

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Well the lowest branches were a good 20ft from the ground so I'd like to see you try Sooz !! ;D

Thanks for the nominations, by the way.

FA x

[Susie Snowdrop]

It looks as though the branches don't belong to the tree......do you know what I mean?

S x

[Shrubrose]

Yes Suse, they look disproportionately thin in relation to the trunk. Wonder if it looks more like that because of the angle the pic was taken?

[flowersfriend]

Apr 1, 2008 15:29:07 GMT Susie Snowdrop said:

Mar 31, 2008 7:48:24 GMT Shrubrose said:

Wonderful pics FA. The first two look immensely tall! What were they, do you know?

I love the arrangement of branches on this one

That's fab ...........I want to climb it



S x

I wonder how old it is?