Re: Re: Royal Paulownia

Here too, one of my pet peeves. I was noticing some especially butchered
specimins on the way back from the nursery this morning. Make me nuts.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrea H
Sent: 3/28/2004 7:29:47 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Royal Paulownia

> they do that here too Marge. They'll cut the middle out of a live oak so it
> has this giant swoop in the center. Looks ridiculous and I'm sure those
> trees are going to topple any day OR they'll just cut one side of whatever
> the offending tree might be so it's branchless on one side and full on the
> other. Completely asinine.
> Andrea H
> Beaufort, SC
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Royal Paulownia
> 
> 
> > When I read your first post - didn't have a chance to respond then -
> > wondered if what you were seeing was the handiwork of our idiot
> > utility companies?  They go around hacking back trees to keep them
> > away from the power lines...and hacking is a kind word for what they
> > do.
> >
> > Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> > mtalt@hort.net
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> > >
> > > In a message dated 3/27/04 10:21:02 PM, kmrsy@comcast.net writes:
> > >
> > > << I couldn't tell from your post whether you thought topping and
> > coppicing
> > > were similar practices or that one just brought the other to mind.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Kitty, it just reminded me of what I saw.  Many of these were in
> > public
> > > locations which one would think professionls have performed the
> > work.  Also, some
> > > were sizeable trees with each branch pruned severly.
> > >     I believe coppicing and stooling is the same performance which
> > I do each
> > > year to my Royal Purple  Cotinus but I am sure we have discussed
> > that in the
> > > past.
> > >     Are you receiving lots of rain?  Flash flood warnings last
> > evening and it
> > > is still very dreary and soft rain with heavy spruts now & then.
> > >     Ceres
> >
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