Tree selection - what not to do

Bowani Siam

I must have a thousand photos of wrong tree selection, however these are a couple of my favourite.
The first is what a Norfolk Island Pine SHOULD look like, the second is what happens when someone plants these cute little 'christmas trees' in their front yard and the consequent owner's efforts to contain them.
The third is of 3 Brushbox that have nothing to look forward to except the Energy Australia pruning job like the one on the far right. If I see one more rainforest tree planted underneath power lines.......grrr.....

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dov

Is this the right thread to rant against landscape gardeners in?

On one property I saw two Grevillea Robustas planted within 5 feet of the house! I've cut one and will probably get a call to cut the other one soon. That one was about 1 metre away from: on one side, the garage, another, the house and on the third side the concreted entrance porch. It had reached the second storey roof by the time the owner rang me.

On the other hand, 4-5 year old housing estates do supply us blokes with a lot of tree removals... Is someone bribing the landscapers?!?!

TrevMcRev

The lions in the front yard must be chewing the tops off......

Oh, hang on they are concrete

dov

The house is classic wogville. Probably got tiled ceilings inside and all!

Bowani Siam

Oi there - now don't you be hatin' on landscape gardeners!!

second-gen_monkey

i can't count how many ficus trees i've had to take out in just two years. idiots think they make great hedges untill they stop trimming them every week and they eat the fence, wall, footpath etc that they are planted next to. we also find alot of them actually growing in small dirt pockets on palms and actual trees like avocado and oaks and have been asked if we could "save" an old man palm that was completely bound by a ficus because the customers wife "liked the little tree" on the side of it.

i also feel anyone planting a strangler fig ANYWHERE should be forced to remove their offspring from any tree for three to five miles. i hate those things.

KevinE

I quite like landscapers they keep the work (and the $$$) rolling in! Checkout this tree I've been asked to remove!

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dov

Right next to the bloody colourbond fence that will dent if a leaf brushes against it...

I had one Ash removal with a fence like that 5 metres away. I dropped one branch with plenty of clearance and my groundie swears that it bounced on it's end 3 times towards the fence, still standing on end, and then rolled it's butt end straight into the @#$%@#$%#@ expensive fence.

KevinE

I know what you mean! That fence is about 30yr's old as well, they don't make that flute pattern or use that colour any more, so if it gets damaged - whole new fence!

Apocalypsse

I should get some pictures from work. Yellow Boxes under powerlines etc. Best one is on McDonalds Rd in Epping someone planted 30+ Eucalypts, about 2 metres apart from each other, offset by a metre from powerlines (LV, 22kV & 66kV), the best part is they are planted next to a ditch/drain where the water just sits there ready to be sucked up by the trees.

dov

Or take a flat dolly block, some felt and a hammer...