I'm sorry, Pat, but I posted the pictures and went to sleep ! Anyway, my time zone is four hours before GMT. The tree, BTW, is ipe (tabebuia), here's a picture of it in a former year:
Loana, I don't remember being rude. Thank you, anyway.
DW, I've been intrigued about your ipe tree and have therefore looked it up on the Internet. There was quite a lot of information about the timber - how it's very dense, harder than steel, and fire resistant. Beautiful flowers, too!
My OH - being of a practical turn of mind - would like me to tell him how the tree is felled for timber, if it is indeed harder than steel. Diamond-tipped saw, perhaps??
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Liriodendron, I really dunno much about wood, but I know Europe is the greatest ipe wood importer from Brazil. The name of the tree in my house is Handroanthus (new name!) heptaphyllus, and the density of the wood is 870 kg/cubic metre. Mine has endured a lot: there is a zillion power and telephone cables hung through it and recently one of these caught fire and burnt some branches ! When I was 12 a reckless driver hit the trunk and I had to wind the bark with a bandage to prevent the tree from wilting. The neighbour wanted it felled to give their shop more visibility and even tried to fool the council by phoning them in our name!
All growing well today. That Clematis is completely tangled up with the Corylus avellana 'Contorta' and growing really well.despite little encouragement.
The corylus is rather taking over. I am waiting for the leaves to drop before I can even begin to try and prune it. I don't know where to start.
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I'm sorry, Pat, but I posted the pictures and went to sleep
! Anyway, my time zone is four hours before GMT. The tree, BTW, is ipe (tabebuia), here's a picture of it in a former year:
Loana, I don't remember being rude. Thank you, anyway.
Hi DW, i meant DW sounds better than dimwit, like Pat says we feel rude calling you dimwit, i know its only a fun name ?
The truth is, anywhere else I´m sort of a smart alec (to be polite...), so I decided for a change of my personality and simply not know much .
I’m happy to use whatever name you choose and will take your choice as it’s intended
DW, I've been intrigued about your ipe tree and have therefore looked it up on the Internet. There was quite a lot of information about the timber - how it's very dense, harder than steel, and fire resistant. Beautiful flowers, too!
My OH - being of a practical turn of mind - would like me to tell him how the tree is felled for timber, if it is indeed harder than steel. Diamond-tipped saw, perhaps??
Liriodendron, I really dunno much about wood, but I know Europe is the greatest ipe wood importer from Brazil. The name of the tree in my house is Handroanthus (new name!) heptaphyllus, and the density of the wood is 870 kg/cubic metre. Mine has endured a lot: there is a zillion power and telephone cables hung through it and recently one of these caught fire and burnt some branches ! When I was 12 a reckless driver hit the trunk and I had to wind the bark with a bandage to prevent the tree from wilting. The neighbour wanted it felled to give their shop more visibility and even tried to fool the council by phoning them in our name!
What cheek, DW! Glad your neighbour didn't get away with it...
Still flowering November 4th 2017.
Yellow mums flourishing
Astrantia has been flowering since early Summer, seed sown Dahlia
Finally Canna just beginning to flower, nastursiums in the background taking over!!
Very late flowering Jasmine, full of unopened flower buds!
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All growing well today. That Clematis is completely tangled up with the Corylus avellana 'Contorta' and growing really well.despite little encouragement.
The corylus is rather taking over. I am waiting for the leaves to drop before I can even begin to try and prune it. I don't know where to start.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
Lovely, Iamweedy, great fatsia and snapdragons !