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windthrown · 15th February 2008, 07:07 PM

Well, many street trees here in the West US are topped, in the name of pollarding, as my sycamore tree was at my house in CA. Typically they will cut well over 40% or more of height and leave the stumps to grow back again. I have seen it done on sycamore, London plain, black walnut, maple, and several other species. They basically cut them and then come back every few years and cut them back to the stubs, or cut new stumps. Now, there are also old estates that I have seen that have real pollarded trees in them, expecially some of the old Spanish villas and older Italian houses. Those are pollarded low and when young, as Eric has on his site.

15th February 2008, 07:07 PM	#26 (permalink)
windthrown Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pacific Northwest USA Posts: 127	Re: To TOP or Not to TOP Well, many street trees here in the West US are topped, in the name of pollarding, as my sycamore tree was at my house in CA. Typically they will cut well over 40% or more of height and leave the stumps to grow back again. I have seen it done on sycamore, London plain, black walnut, maple, and several other species. They basically cut them and then come back every few years and cut them back to the stubs, or cut new stumps. Now, there are also old estates that I have seen that have real pollarded trees in them, expecially some of the old Spanish villas and older Italian houses. Those are pollarded low and when young, as Eric has on his site. __________________ So few saws, so many trees... Stihls: 210/250-/025/290/361/FS85 Echo: CS-3000, Olympyk & Mac doorstops