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Originally Posted by Ekka  ...Most of their selection of trees etc comes from nursery talk, they dont deal with the back end of their work like we do in 10 year+ time....
Just today I quoted a removal of all palms around a 3 year old pool, they planted above the pipes, now already broken pipes. Space between pool and fence where pipe and palm are is under 1m. Other side of fence is lower with small retaining wall. Nothing big and like only $400 to cut the lot down but there you go, only 3 years later problems.
I've seen nursery tagged trees showing only around 50% the size of what the tree is really capable of, regions are different too, how a tree grows here is different to Melbourne etc. So where they're tagged etc varies, should be tagged by region.
Qld has been shipping cocos palms by truck loads to Adelaide and Melbourne for years ... soon they'll be sorry I'm telling ya. |
Exactly what I'm saying...LA's use "plant lists" and you see the same inclusions site after site.....after site. ALL sites get at least one Sapium sebiferum at the front....(clones).
Sometimes...if youre lucky...you'll get a chance to comment on the Landscape Concept Plans relating to the Arborist Report.
I've seen cases of totally inappropriate plantings for the available space and the characteristics if the species proposed. Mel.quinquenervia is a classic example... They need a lot more space than the kerb-side area can provide.
I trot out these photos for them to look at....and suggest Tristianopsis laurina (Water Gum) instead.
You'd would be surprised how some envisage planting out the under-canopy area of retained trees...the planting activity alone is enough disturbance to eventually kill the tree....(think 300mm pots size at 500 spacings and thats what I mean). Just spots on the plan .... but in reality....big impact on shallow roots, not to mention theft of nutrient and available moisture.
PS People who sell Cocos Palms for transplanting should be
