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cullpacket
27-Jan-10, 19:18
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
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?
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)
Weve always called it the monkey puzzle tree.
Metalattakk
28-Jan-10, 00:19
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
28-Jan-10, 00:26
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
Whitewater
28-Jan-10, 00:43
Thats before our time by a year or two.
Thats before our time by a year or two.
Talk for yourself oldtimer. :lol:
Whitewater
28-Jan-10, 00:48
Who are you trying to kid???
Metalattakk
28-Jan-10, 01:47
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
28-Jan-10, 02:12
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
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
29-Jan-10, 00:14
Thanks New Driver it is the one on the right
If it gets pink blossoms on, like someone said, it is probably a weeping cherry tree.
On good authority I am told it is a contorted hazel.
On good authority I am told it is a contorted hazel.
The other name for it is 'Twisted Hazel'.
cullpacket
30-Jan-10, 09:06
If it gets pink blossoms on, like someone said, it is probably a weeping cherry tree.
Think your right does look like that one
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