Will be getting a arborist to check it and pretty sure it is..
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(yes the fence needs sorting,will sort that this spring)
It's in my house I rent out, so not had reason to check it till the last tenants left lately. I believe it is a Lindens tree but am not totally sure, and other than the main trunk, it looks really healthy. Was looking as I wanted to get the apple tree (in front) polled/pallarded
Anyone know of a arborist south/west brum ways?
We had a similar sized tree in our garden, that I tried to convince my wife was near dead. In several places I could push a screwdriver in with no resistance, it was so rotten. One night it came down in the wind. We’ve left it where it is, the wildlife like it even more now.
Sorry, missed the part about tenants. Guess you’d be even less keen to have a fallen tree in the garden.
I can't comment on the tree but has that shed door appeared on this thread?
Sorry, missed the part about tenants. Guess you’d be even less keen to have a fallen tree in the garden.
Yeah and it actually grown leaning towards the back fence, and the access road to some new houses. So not ideal.
😀 at Beamers
For the love of the Linden tree.
Guess you’d be even less keen to have a fallen tree in the garden.
If it were to "fall" to the left it would be doing everyone a favour 😉
First up, it's not a Linden they are part of the Lime trees (Tilia sp), it's a Poplar (Populus sp),
Poplars are short lived, fast growing trees and in my opinion / experience good for
matches,
trembling leave (Aspen, Populus tremula),
breaking
being good pioneer species.
By the look of the crown it appears to be alive, trees can have massive amounts of rot in the heartwood and still survive. Trees don't heal and regenerate tissue like we do, they generate new tissue over the wound and seal the wound in.
thanks for identifying it, I was assuming, but had not real idea. I'm not convinced this one will be coming back TBH, though I'm in no rush to chop it down, if it could live on
certainly the crown looks healthy. Are there lots of discarded branches on the ground? Trees tend to shed to limit damage when they start decaying too much.
The tree to the left, may well be dead however.
Only those you can see.. a couple for sure but not loads, I definitely not tidied any up & the ex-tenants ignored all the all fallen apples (cookers), so I doubt they have either.
Either way I'll be getting an expert in to look, as I want the apple tree tended to, but wanted some opinions before some random tree chopper tells me it needs pulling down.