So easily over looked
It's so easy to overlook the beauty of trees and shrubs by not looking
closer. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psad3419fb.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psb817aa65.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psbf723dc5.jpg David |
So easily over looked
On 2014-04-12 21:08:24 +0000, David Hill said:
It's so easy to overlook the beauty of trees and shrubs by not looking closer. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psad3419fb.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psb817aa65.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psbf723dc5.jpg David Beautiful. The colours of that chestnut are stupendous. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
So easily over looked
"David Hill" wrote in message ... It's so easy to overlook the beauty of trees and shrubs by not looking closer. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psad3419fb.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psb817aa65.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psbf723dc5.jpg David Too right, Mate. In my garden every day I see some small thing that is a delight but which would usually pass unnoticed. Two bees bonking on the grass. A small unusual mushroom. A seedling that I thought I had lost the parent of, appearing a few yards away. Some tadpoles that I thought were gone. Every day there is some new thing. Hurrah for Spring! s. |
So easily over looked
On 12/04/2014 22:08, David Hill wrote:
It's so easy to overlook the beauty of trees and shrubs by not looking closer. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psad3419fb.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psb817aa65.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psbf723dc5.jpg David Lovely pics, David, well done! I'm an ardent tree lover and watcher, so I do look closely at trees, and plant them. However, I have to confess to a crime somewhere between mass genocide and wanton deforestation, as I've pulled up hundreds of Sycamore seedlings. If I didn't, there would soon be nothing else in my garden. I do have a couple of so-far well-behaved Acers, though, in mitigation. -- Spider. On high ground in SE London gardening on heavy clay |
So easily over looked
On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:38:58 +0100, Spider wrote:
wanton deforestation, as I've pulled up hundreds of Sycamore seedlings. If I didn't, there would soon be nothing else in my garden. I know what you mean! It's quite a year for sycamore germination. I've offed thousands, either mowed or pulled up. I do try and check for variegations, but sometimes wholesale slaughter is the best option! ;) -- Gardening in Lower Normandy |
So easily over looked
On 16/04/2014 23:12, Emery Davis wrote:
On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:38:58 +0100, Spider wrote: wanton deforestation, as I've pulled up hundreds of Sycamore seedlings. If I didn't, there would soon be nothing else in my garden. I know what you mean! It's quite a year for sycamore germination. I've offed thousands, either mowed or pulled up. I do try and check for variegations, but sometimes wholesale slaughter is the best option! ;) Yes, I started looking for variegations or special leaf formations, but have found it's easier to pull them up before the true leaves appear, if I can. It means I waste a lot of time early in the season when I would rather be doing something else. Frustrating, but it has to be done. It's nice to know I'm not doing it alone. -- Spider. On high ground in SE London gardening on heavy clay |
So easily over looked
On 17/04/2014 12:20, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:13:14 +0100, Spider wrote: On 16/04/2014 23:12, Emery Davis wrote: On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:38:58 +0100, Spider wrote: wanton deforestation, as I've pulled up hundreds of Sycamore seedlings. If I didn't, there would soon be nothing else in my garden. I know what you mean! It's quite a year for sycamore germination. I've offed thousands, either mowed or pulled up. I do try and check for variegations, but sometimes wholesale slaughter is the best option! ;) Yes, I started looking for variegations or special leaf formations, but have found it's easier to pull them up before the true leaves appear, if I can. It means I waste a lot of time early in the season when I would rather be doing something else. Frustrating, but it has to be done. It's nice to know I'm not doing it alone. I put one in a flower pot which I put in the garden in 1985. I suspect the pot has finally broken, as the sycamore has reached about 6' high in the last couple of years. I suspect it's done neither the pot nor the tree much good, but at least the tree is still alive. I've got a horse chestnut in a pot, plus three birches and a rowan, all of which I intend to plant at some point. The horse chestnut has had a bit of, er, surgery, because I don't want it too big. I'm hoping to grow it coppiced in the manner of a Pawlonia in order to gain large leaves. I would love it to flower, but I think I've written that off by lopping it. -- Spider. On high ground in SE London gardening on heavy clay |
So easily over looked
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:32:46 +0100, Spider wrote: On 17/04/2014 12:20, Martin wrote: On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:13:14 +0100, Spider wrote: On 16/04/2014 23:12, Emery Davis wrote: On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:38:58 +0100, Spider wrote: wanton deforestation, as I've pulled up hundreds of Sycamore seedlings. If I didn't, there would soon be nothing else in my garden. I know what you mean! It's quite a year for sycamore germination. I've offed thousands, either mowed or pulled up. I do try and check for variegations, but sometimes wholesale slaughter is the best option! ;) I've just pulled thousand out of my gutters! Mike |
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