Frank,
I like the image very much; between the frost and severe pollarding it has
an alien landscape look to it. Of course that may be because few trees are
pollarded in this area (the exception is Crepe Myrtles which some people
here perform every year; some call it Crepe Murder). I know this was
discussed one time before, but why is it done? Aesthetics? Size control?
Lots of mis-behaving children in need of switches? ;^)
Charlie
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Frank van Lindert <Frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Chuck, the trees are pollard willows, very common here in Holland.
> They are rather demanding to be kept in shape. When this is properly
> done they have to polled every third year. Farmers and estate keepers
> do this or have it done in such a way, that never all trees are polled
> at the same time. In my picture
> http://www.vanlindert.nl/Frank/knot1+2_with_c.jpg
> you can see that some of the trees have been "topped" only a few
> months ago, others one year ago, and the ones with the longest
> branches two years ago. Those will be next in turn, in the autumn of
> this year.
>
> Frank van Lindert
> Utrecht NL.
>
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:41:13 -0500, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
> >Very pretty. What are the trees?
> >
> >Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >
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