Two supremely shaped trees..any idea what they are please?

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• Ferdinand2000 Posts: 537

  October 2020 edited October 2020

  Edited: Discretion etc.

  “Rivers know this ... we will get there in the end.”
  

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  October 2020 edited October 2020

  I’d have said the top one looks like a ‘sort of pollarded’ silver birch  

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Paul B3 Posts: 3,154

  October 2020

  The top picture looks like a regularly pruned Betula pendula 'Youngii' , or Pendulous Birch .

  Second one is Cedrus deodara , again obviously pruned into shape otherwise they get pretty large . Someone knew what they were doing !!

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• Theresa May Not Posts: 109

  October 2020

  Thankyou both.
  i seem to have developed an actual love for beautifully shaped trees!
  Losing the plot,

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• Theresa May Not Posts: 109

  October 2020

  Ps. Does pruning of whar would be a large tree like the cedrus, mean the roots wont spread as much/cause trouble? Thanks
  (wish i’d have developed this interest years ago....dont feel i have enough time left now!)

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• Paul B3 Posts: 3,154

  October 2020

   Apologies for the delay in answering , (don't use PC every day) ; as far as I know the roots of a pruned tree grow as normal unless cultivated as a bonsai in a pot .
  

  Agree about the allotted time left ; I wish I were 40-years younger , and  owned enough land to plant an arboretum .

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