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Re: A word of caution

Also be carefull about planting Italian Cypress under power lines. The grow too
tall to be planted under high voltage lines that are of a static height.  This
goes for many other trees as well.

Hugo Latymer wrote:

> latymer@ctv.es
> Hugo Latymer   Spain   Zone 9
>
> The tree possibly more used in the Mediterranean than any other and the one
> that is most evocative of the Mediterranean landscape is surely the Italian
> cypress, Cupressus sempervirens stricta. One of its primary uses here is to
> form a screen or windbreak, when it is planted in long lines a metre or two
> appart, often close to houses. Pero cuidado. Towards the end of a dry
> summer these trees are about as flamable as aviation gasoline. A few years
> ago someone on the nursery threw down a cigarette butt still alight. This
> fell in some short dry grass and a wind carried it to a line of cypresses
> on our boundary. The result was spectacular. Trees 15m. high caught fire
> from top to bottom in 5 seconds: you could almost say that they exploded,
> and the whole line was consumed in minutes. Fortunately no houses were
> damaged, but we were very worried for a short while. Many Junipers burn
> nearly as well. After apalling fires in Los Angeles and other places in
> California, in the south of France and even on this island, a word of
> caution might be in order  to those who, new to the area, are not aware of
> the danger inherent in these lines of trees.
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