My OH brought over some old pics (you know the sort...here's me when I was young and lovely). There's a very similar pic to that one with him standing in the middle of the chaos with a chainsaw and a huge grin on his face! He lived in Surrey at the time and the time was 1987.
Absolutely FG. The heartwood of the trunk had almost completely rotted away but that was only obvious once it was down, although it clearly had some dieback.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I cannot be bothered to google for info tonight , but does anyone know if all Ash trees are susceptible to Ash Dieback ? There are some beautiful trees in this genus , including the excellent Fraxinus ornus or 'Flowering-Ash' . There are not many of these around here (E.Lincs) ; what few we have I really hope will survive this threat . Beautiful mature specimen in Louth churchyard !
Yes , I seem to recall quite a breezy night in 1987(!!!) ; had just met my (now) wife ; waliking back home up a very dark Lincolnshire lane at 2am ; I'm over 6' tall and of a fairly stout build (spead a bit now) ; took me all my time to just stay upright . Blew the steeple off a local church and numerous tiles off the local Co-Op roof ; unfortunately they re-opened the next day .
Brilliant! I had one which had self seeded in behind a large rhodo at my front door. Both were hacked to the ankles [ no chance of getting either of them out ] and neither has made a reappearance.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We had 2 cut right down last October and 2 more tidied up to remove dead and broken branches. There are others self seeded about the garden and in the hedges.
One of the two cut to the ground is sending out little shoots ............. Can't get stump killer here now so we'll just keep cutting them off till it gives in or we find a man with a stump grinder.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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There are some beautiful trees in this genus , including the excellent Fraxinus ornus or 'Flowering-Ash' .
There are not many of these around here (E.Lincs) ; what few we have I really hope will survive this threat .
Beautiful mature specimen in Louth churchyard !
Yes , I seem to recall quite a breezy night in 1987(!!!) ; had just met my (now) wife ; waliking back home up a very dark Lincolnshire lane at 2am ; I'm over 6' tall and of a fairly stout build (spead a bit now)
Blew the steeple off a local church and numerous tiles off the local Co-Op roof ; unfortunately they re-opened the next day .
its not going anywhere. Looks like I’ll just have to cut it to the ground.
That really made me laugh.
I'll get me coat...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
One of the two cut to the ground is sending out little shoots ............. Can't get stump killer here now so we'll just keep cutting them off till it gives in or we find a man with a stump grinder.