Thursday 25 April 2013

Bare knuckled 2











Every fourth year, 
the council sends along a team to pollard 
the London Plane trees that line our road.
The first year they did it, I was appalled at the brutal result,
but plane trees recover quickly.
They are well suited to city life.

Me? Not so much these days. 

6 comments:

  1. I haven't been suited to city living for many a long year.

    I must look out for Plane trees, I love the bark on them.

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  2. Lucille, thank you for these fine photographs. I remember seeing London Plane trees mentioned in novels years ago, well before I ever actually saw one of the trees. Another revelation was seeing my first ever Monkey Puzzle tree.

    Best wishes from a city dweller who's also sometimes ambivalent about cities.

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  3. I'm sure they have their reasons, but I loathe seeing pollarded trees - they just look mutilated.

    Time to move soon?

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  4. I agree , they look silly . But it may be a better approach than our council's , which is to chop down any tree that looks as though it might be feeling well-established and settled .

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  5. I've always thought I'd like to live in the country. But maybe 62 isn't the age to start. And I need to be where our offspring can easily reach us. But...

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  6. A lot of people do that to their trees here. I suppose it is better than chopping them down. Somehow, they end up looking like shrubs rather than trees, though. Somewhat of a demotion, no?

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