The big living Elm search.

[tommer9]

Not True in any way im afriad, DED does the rounds on our trees year in year out. Brightons street trees are mainly made up of elms there are also many many elms dotted about. We loose alot of mature elms each year through DED. All though there are stict controls on elm timber it hasn't stopped the spread, The council tree gang spend most of the summer removing elms.

 

BUT

 

There are some stunners down here. if you want to see Elms brightons the place.

 

That is a real shame- i wasnt entirely sure of what i was writing as i got the information from a book a few years ago now, and just tacked the news article onto my post. Is there any program of disease control measure at all, or have i got my facts totally screwed?

[benedmonds]

They've lots in Christchurch, New Zealand. Took me a while to work out what they were, they looked to me like British trees (if that makes sense), they didn't look like native kiwi trees, but I'd never seen big avenues of them..

[Jon Lad]

There are lots in Stockholm I remember, some huge ones. I think the winters there are too cold for the beetle to travel too far up the country.

[wills-mill]

I remember a big girl up near the castle/prison at Lancaster from my college days.....

 

 

and yes, Brighton is stunning for hardcore elm porn!

[jonathan hall]

edinburgh has tons of big elms, great swathes of them thru our parks and gardens.

we are very much in throws of the disease still.

last year i took 25 or so big elms out of the city centre, crying shame but kept me in work thru sept, oct and nov. got some amazing pics too.

we seem to be losing more and more noticed a ringbark this morning on the meadows ( a big park inthe centre ) with the number 22 sprayed above. a bad year here for elms:thumbdown:.

[Frank]

Heres some of my holiday snaps from last year when I was back "home" in Brighton. Think I took these near "the level". Cant remember, couldve been near pavilion. However I should of been taking pics of wife and me laddo so I got into trouble anyways.

 

I know of one "monster" elm round here but am keeping it whereabouts secret to stop tree huggers crowding it and compacting the soil above its roots.

[David oakman]

This thread seems to have died. It is a good job these old girls and boys are alive:thumbup:

[David oakman]

The two big ones are DBH of 6 foot plus i am going back with my tape to get the true size:thumbup:

[atree]

They've lots in Christchurch, New Zealand. Took me a while to work out what they were, they looked to me like British trees (if that makes sense), they didn't look like native kiwi trees, but I'd never seen big avenues of them..

 

Yes there are

 

Here's one i pruned

 

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And one i felled

 

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[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Yes you can put the post code or address i don't plan on recording them this is just an Arbtalk search. I just got thinking today how many big Elms are left in this country and will they survive or become extinct. I was at an arboretum earlier in the year and one of the resistant Elms had now got DED.

 

Er, that's concerning - I supplied a load of Princeton Elms last year