I was traveling with a colleague back from a BioForum Conference and in a quest for coffee we headed into one of the thousands of strip malls that dot the countryside. No coffee, but we stumbled on what was truly the most extensive example of bad pruning practices that either of us had ever seen. There were at least 5o butchered bradford pears, a dozen birches, and even red maples. One pruning scheme apparently was used for all species. These were once trees providing shade to cars and aesthetic value to this parking lot. If you look at the far side of the parking lot you can see how these trees should look this time of year.
YIKES! Things look even worse upon closer inspection. These images will be used in the landscape management class as examples of things NOT TO DO. If you listen closely you can hear this tree's cry for help.
It is hard to imagine, but some of the hack jobs on the birch trees actually made some of the pruned pears look tolerable. Please, if you see this in your neighborhood or hometown try and stop the madness.
I was traveling with a colleague back from a BioForum Conference and in a quest for coffee we headed into one of the thousands of strip malls that dot the countryside. No coffee, but we stumbled on what was truly the most extensive example of bad pruning practices that either of us had ever seen. There were at least 5o butchered bradford pears, a dozen birches, and even red maples. One pruning scheme apparently was used for all species. These were once trees providing shade to cars and aesthetic value to this parking lot. If you look at the far side of the parking lot you can see how these trees should look this time of year.
YIKES! Things look even worse upon closer inspection. These images will be used in the landscape management class as examples of things NOT TO DO. If you listen closely you can hear this tree's cry for help.
It is hard to imagine, but some of the hack jobs on the birch trees actually made some of the pruned pears look tolerable. Please, if you see this in your neighborhood or hometown try and stop the madness.
2 comments:
Unfortunately that's a common sight all throughout NC, especially on private property where trees grow close to houses. Usually the man of the house receives a new chainsaw for the holidays, and then goes nuts with the tool on any tree he can find. I've seen some pretty gruesome things done to sycamores.
These are hysterical :)
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