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If it is Lonicera it’s the biggest I’ve seen
nepia replied to Thesnarlingbadger's topic in Tree Identification pictures
I'm coming round to the 'it's not Box' school of thought: I'd expect to see more foliage growing straight off such exposed trunks of Box. And the bark's wrong I reckon. If it helps this was a Box I encountered this very morning.
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If it is Lonicera it’s the biggest I’ve seen
nepia replied to Thesnarlingbadger's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Fair enough; hopefully someone will be along soon with the answer. I don't remember box wood being yellow from the few small cuts I've ever made I have to say. I wasn't convinced about the leaf arrangement being right; comparing pics from very different sources can be tricky. -
If it is Lonicera it’s the biggest I’ve seen
nepia replied to Thesnarlingbadger's topic in Tree Identification pictures
It's Box isn't - Buxus - ? Rare at that size. -
What county? I'll have some small branchwood soon from a small tree coming down (the trunk from ground level up to and including crown break is pre-sold!) and I have a 30' straggly specimen to take almost to the ground to counteract a large hazard beam split at ground level.
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Minimum of a long day needed to see Kew half properly; I've been there four or five times and find new bits every visit To do both in the day will mean a supersonic whizz round each which would be a bit pointless surely. If you only have one day make a choice.
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The only references online that I can find re this are US ones so beware the months given but... one entry says 'prune early to avoid missing spring or summer flowering'. So perhaps February would be a more sensible time so that the growth can get away in March/April in a typical spring (if such a thing exists any more). But if you're a long way from the sea (Leamington = Leamington Spa? - about as far from the sea as you can get!) maybe delay so as to avoid late frosts.
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Take a look at the Lamium genus but be aware that it likes to run - and run and run.
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Comfrey (Symphytum)?
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Of course you may not be in Surrey. Or the UK. Or Europe!
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A friend here in Surrey had to hack his Mimosa every few years as a means of control - the thing was rampant. And he was on heavy clay. So I doubt a hard cut will stop it but I wouldn't recommend November; late March or April would sound more sensible to me - when the weather's improving, not going downhill.
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Just to pee on the parade Gunnera are actually pretty common as plants of damp ground, mainly as marginals. But very impressive nonetheless. There is a garden somewhere - no idea where - that has them big enough that you walk under leaves.
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Having recently put up a thread re ID'ing some timber that turned out to (probably) be Styphnolobium (formerly Sophora) I don't think this fits; that tree's bark doesn't have the small horizontal lenticels that this thread's tree has. Gleditsia's closer I reckon.
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Easier like this https://www.youtube.com/embed/eAO85QePDuo
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Agree totally, especially as I have had the pleasure of being involved - purely as a grunt/arb slave - in veteran oak management on Ashtead Common. The burnt and dead vet stumps are a sad site but as you say at least they continue to provide habitat.
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Mostly around 12" Steve.
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Sadly they're a bit shorter than 15" otherwise I couldn't lift them! Good luck.
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Felled AND milled freshly or felled OR milled freshly? My trunk rings come from a tree dismantled last week.
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What dimension pieces are you after Steve? I have some recently cut chunky trunk rings but I guess they's be too short...
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I can pass on points 1 & 2; point 3 could be more of an issue Enquiries are progressing satisfactorily. Thank you.
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Thanks Mr J. Life sounds like one big party at the happy happy Network Rail doesn't it. Maybe I won't be calling them just yet The suggestion I like best from that other thread (thanks for the reference btw - very helpful) is seeking out a contractor that does NR work in the area; a couple of names come into my head as starting points. £1.5k a day for a dead telegraph pole is an unlikely outcome methinks.
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That does look very handy doesn't it due to its simplicity. It's a comealong of some kind but I'd like to know more.
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A client has a 40' long dead telegraph pole of a Leyland (~14"dbh) immediately his side of the fence separating him from a railway embankment. The tree has a lean taking it down the only narrow arc it could fall to ground and that takes it straight across the tracks (two of them - a London line). It could go no other way because of the lean and surrounding trees. 1) Should this be reported to Network Rail or do they survey their land sufficiently to spot it? 2) If Network Rail want the tree gone what is their likely attitude to who deals with it? It could be relevant that the thing could easily be left lying in lengths on the embankment; I can't see that removal would be necessary as the bank runs down from the tracks, not up to them. Sorry, didn't even think to get pics but my description sums up the situation. Thanks, Jon
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Ebay seller kaaz24 is a Husky supplier. In over 10 years Karen's never failed to find a part for me and my saws are 2 series.
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Laurel's darned good firewood I reckon. Cuts nicely, splits OK (except for big knots of course) and dries surprisingly fast for such a dense wood. I grab it for my logpile whenever I get the chance. Burns pretty hot too.
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Yep, hence the exclamation mark.
