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Post by sweetleaf on Nov 26, 2006 19:39:04 GMT
No, not sculpture but the intricacy of spider webs, and the complex design of poppy seed heads, Allium Christophii seed heads like an explosion of fireworks, any you would like to add? Photos would be nice  |
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Post by Jonah on Nov 26, 2006 21:36:20 GMT
Hi Sweatleaf  Maybe you should start a thread in the gallery. I've got some pics of spiders web somewhere on the pc from last year, I'll try and track them down. I'm going out with the camera tomorrow! ;D |
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Post by Plocket on Nov 27, 2006 8:12:32 GMT
I totally agree about spiders webs, particularly on a dewy morning when they glisten with droplets of water. I find my contorted hazel very attractive and "arty" in the winter but it's the sort of thing you either love or loathe I think!
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Post by 4pygmies on Nov 27, 2006 19:47:59 GMT
Walking in the woods with my dog last time it was frosty there were myriads of webs covering every gorse bush - absolutely stunning with the sun illuminating them. My personal favourite is the gorgeous colours tree trunks when they are wet, particularly the huge beech trees. I tell my dog about them all but I think he's a pleb.....and I LOVE contorted Hazels too Plocket.
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Post by Plocket on Nov 28, 2006 8:26:16 GMT
Glad I'm not the only one 4Ps - my dad HATES them!!! ;D
Beech trees in my list of fave trees, but at this time of year I love those shiney red cherry trunks, and silver birch!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2006 14:57:34 GMT
oooo, I have a corkscrew hazel in my garden, all the leaves have just gone and there are some lovely catkins, I love it!! there are however, some straight stems - can't quite work that out - do they become twisted later or is this another type growing through it? Sometimes I'm sure I have had a lo ;Dbotomy in the middle of the night
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Post by andy on Nov 29, 2006 17:54:08 GMT
If you want to see a stunning tree with the most gorgeous bronze bark, find a strawberry tree (arbutus unedo). I have two huge specimens at work and the bark is stunning. I'll try to get some pics but it doesn't do them justice.
Agree about the birch and cherries too. Elms have very rustic, deep grooved bark and is nice.
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Post by 4pygmies on Nov 29, 2006 18:02:08 GMT
Trunkyjo - those straight stems are your hazel reverting - you need to prune them out or you'll gradually lose the corkscrew effect! I know this as I had a corkscrew hazel which is now huge and straight..........
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Post by Dutchy on Nov 29, 2006 18:04:51 GMT
How about sunshine on redwood now the leaves have fallen.
Dutchy
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Post by Plocket on Nov 29, 2006 18:59:39 GMT
I haven't seen an Elm for years but I was fascinated by that Kew spin-off that the tree guys did. I remember an Elm in the garden beyond ours that had to be cut down. It was vast, and we cried as we watched it finally come down after all the main branches had been removed.
Trunkyjo - do as 4Ps says - cut those straight stems out asap because that's the original plant taking over from the graft, which you don't want.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2006 19:41:05 GMT
aha, will do, thanks very much guys!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2006 19:45:13 GMT
Trunkyjo - those straight stems are your hazel reverting - you need to prune them out or you'll gradually lose the corkscrew effect! I know this as I had a corkscrew hazel which is now huge and straight.......... Is that the same as when variegated shrubs suddenly grow a branch of non-variegated leaves ? They're reverting to type ? I'm always pruning out non-variegated foliage, especially from my euonymouses. FA x |
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Post by 4pygmies on Nov 29, 2006 19:47:35 GMT
Yep! X
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2006 19:53:18 GMT
Thanks.
Is it euonymouses by the way, or is it euonymice ?
FA x
Actually, I think it's euonymus, isn't it ? I'm brain dead at the moment.
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