Demise of TPOd pair

[openspaceman]

Although I was aware of these trees in the village from an early age it wasn't until the 70s when a chap, who started out in arb about the same time as I, pointed them out as  special street trees that I took notice  and admired them. The Cork oak and hybrid, Lucombe I think, must have been planted when the land was a nursery, possibly as cuttings stock around the turn of the 20th century.

 

One summer's day I cycled past  and took a photo of some works:

 

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2023 today

Edited March 29, 2023 by openspaceman
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[Dan Maynard]

That's really interesting, great to see it documented like that.

 

I've a customer who has just had a wall built quite close to a tree, it's flood defence so I can see why they've gone ahead even though I pointed out the risk to roots. Think I will take a photo this summer as a baseline.

[openspaceman]

26 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

That's really interesting, great to see it documented like that.

 

I've a customer who has just had a wall built quite close to a tree, it's flood defence so I can see why they've gone ahead even though I pointed out the risk to roots. Think I will take a photo this summer as a baseline.

I was surprised by the delay before the cork oak started showing signs of dieback. I assume the Lucombe was felled because stability would be compromised by the removal of the cork oak.