weeping tree's

[bill]

why do some trees weep? eg weeping ash, is this just a freak ash that has been cultivated?

 

do crab apple trees have spikes? i was working on a few today that had big thorns? the bark looked like cherry and the leafs looked like crab apple but with big thorns?

[nuttyarb]

Alright Bill,

The crab apple you refer to may have been a wild pear- similar bark and leaves to the apple, but with thorns. Pyrus communis.

[bill]

wild pear, could well be, thanks alot. they said that the fruit was unedible and i just read up on it and it says that the fruits can be really hard.

 

nice one nuttyarb!

[treediver]

hard to say what tree you were on. How big were the thorns and what size was the fruit

[bill]

they were small, probably 20 foot. the thorns were nasty about i inch long, the bark was more like cherry then apple and it didnt have any fruit on it at that time. the leaves were small like crab