RE: Monterey Pine
- To: t*@xtra.co.nz
- Subject: RE: Monterey Pine
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 04:23:59 -0800
- Content-ID: <msg760591.thr-1fcd139d.58dc45.part0@monterey.edu>
- References: <01BE43F5.2B4763E0.timdut@xtra.co.nz>
timdut@xtra.co.nz,Internet writes:
>>I was a bit astonished that they were ever have been popular as garden
>>trees in California. I should have thought they would be a bit
>>overwhelming in any average sized property.
Actually people here who plant them, dont seem to mind the size. In
fact, they do take up quite a bit of space but people would just trim
the lower branches to keep space clear to walk under. A neighbor of
ours used to trim his like a christmas tree (and still does). Funny
thing about it is, it keeps getting taller. Every year i keep wondering
how long before he couldnt decorate it with just a ladder and had to go
to a cherry picker!
>I wouldn't grow any of these three as garden trees in anything less
>than an
>acre, and then I'd put them as far from the house as possible. Of
>course,
>that would make them too close to the neighbours. At this age all are
>in
>the 25 to 30 metre height range. I can only imagine the mess one would
>make
>in a well-planted garden when it came time to fell it.
Stradling my yard and my neighbors yard, we used to have a monterey
pine. It was fairly tall and it grew close to the sidewalk and near
powerlines! It was a beautiful tree, except it had rotted out on the
inside. I think a branch fell, so the neighbors had a tree removal
service come in and take it out.
There are three mature monterey pines in a neighbors yard up the
street. All are about 50 feet high! Quite attractive and all have the
classic rounded top. I cant remember not seeing those trees and the
skyline they create, in this neighborhood.
Monterey Pines are i think the most common tree in peoples yards,
besides Monterey Cypresses here.
