Thanks. I had never heard of pollard trees before. Now I understand.
Chuck Norcutt
Frank van Lindert wrote:
> Chuck, the trees are pollard willows, very common here in Holland.
> They are rather demanding to be kept in shape. When this is properly
> done they have to polled every third year. Farmers and estate keepers
> do this or have it done in such a way, that never all trees are polled
> at the same time. In my picture
> http://www.vanlindert.nl/Frank/knot1+2_with_c.jpg
> you can see that some of the trees have been "topped" only a few
> months ago, others one year ago, and the ones with the longest
> branches two years ago. Those will be next in turn, in the autumn of
> this year.
>
> Frank van Lindert
> Utrecht NL.
>
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:41:13 -0500, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Very pretty. What are the trees?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
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