Tree ??

[cullpacket]

In between the bridge and the start oh Janet street what kind of tree is it, Looks dead in the winter very nice in the summer

[theone]

In between the bridge and the start oh Janet street what kind of tree is it, Looks dead in the winter very nice in the summer

Is it not a weeping willow?

[Nacho]

i thought it blossomed pink in summer like a cherry tree ...

bit like this one ....

http://www.doughoughton.com/php/imagepage.php?id=160445ℑ=../webpage/jpg/160/160445.jpg (http://www.doughoughton.com/php/imagepage.php?id=160445&image=../webpage/jpg/160/160445.jpg)

[gleeber]

Weve always called it the monkey puzzle tree.

[Metalattakk]

Weve always called it the monkey puzzle tree.
I was of similar thought, but it cannot be. This is an image of a Monkey Puzzle tree:

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z55/Metalattakk/2493-araucaria-araucana-monkey-puzz.jpg

[Whitewater]

Agree with gleeber, it has always been called the monkey puzzle or monkey tree. Does anybody know how old it is?? It must be a fair age now, it looked very mature when I was young and playing on it, and that wasn't yesterday.

[gleeber]

I was talking to my uncle in Inverness on Tuesday and he asked about it. He played around it almost 80 years ago

[Whitewater]

Thats before our time by a year or two.

[gleeber]

Thats before our time by a year or two.
Talk for yourself oldtimer. :lol:

[Whitewater]

Who are you trying to kid???

[Metalattakk]

Agree with gleeber, it has always been called the monkey puzzle or monkey tree. Does anybody know how old it is?? It must be a fair age now, it looked very mature when I was young and playing on it, and that wasn't yesterday.


I was talking to my uncle in Inverness on Tuesday and he asked about it. He played around it almost 80 years ago

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/manowar_photos/thurso/Thurso-JanetStreetandMallcirca1900.jpg

This was Janet Street from circa 1900 (image chored from the Thurso Piccys thread!). No sign of the tree there. There is a tree down the bottom end, but it's clearly on the other side of Sir George's Street.

[new driver]

Is this the tree you mean?
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1403/3269695463_d21e81cf25.jpg
I've only got a picture of it in the snow but it may help others to identify it.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1403/3269695463_d21e81cf25.jpg

[theone]

Is this the tree you mean?
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1403/3269695463_d21e81cf25.jpg
I've only got a picture of it in the snow but it may help others to identify it.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1403/3269695463_d21e81cf25.jpg

It was the one on the right I thought was a willow.

But I'm really no horticulturist!

[cullpacket]

Thanks New Driver it is the one on the right

[Elenna]

If it gets pink blossoms on, like someone said, it is probably a weeping cherry tree.

[munron]

On good authority I am told it is a contorted hazel.

[Ricco]

On good authority I am told it is a contorted hazel.

The other name for it is 'Twisted Hazel'.

[cullpacket]

If it gets pink blossoms on, like someone said, it is probably a weeping cherry tree.

Think your right does look like that one