I spose lime and populars are the traditional street tree's but people complain about sap and aphid secreation there size ect......
Many of the street trees i have delt with were originally done in the 40's! i suppose when labour was cheap and insurance was not an issue and they probably where done every few years.......there is an avenue of plains limes and beach in a local town that havnt been re pollared since the 50's i doubt they ever will be done again but you can still see the original pollard bowls that the new frame work has taken.....i felled one of them it was a beach that had died,and there was no worrying decay found when i ringed it up!wich very supprised me.
limes decay pretty fast not as bad as popular but i would say they are the most commonly traditionally pollarded/hacked tree in europe...most molested ones i work on have great cavities from previous topping wounds! |