That is odd, that extreme pollarding. I must confess I too dislike it, it was an experiment we tried with "light" pollarding, but even that did...
I still have questions re tree-topping. European forest managers seem to keep the trees smaller. I see in Saanich all the hugely tall evergreen...
To those who wanted pictures... the top one is a formerly partially-pollarded Kanzan cherry, not particularly attractive, but I doubt the tree...
By the way, thanks for the info on how to expand the photos. I did not notice that prior to reading your post, wcutler.
The two trees above were never pollarded, but were trimmed a bit from below. We did not want to try pollarding ones at the front of the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here are two townhouses in our condominium... the one on the right is mine. You will see how tall and uneven the Kanzan...
Thanks, I will ! Kind of a busy day, but will take some pics to show the branches as mentioned above; later, when the blossoms come out I will...
You mean you don't see the point of pollarding? I think in a crowded townhouse complex with a very big Kanzan cherry tree dominating over...
Very sorry, never did send pictures. Now in 2021 the cherries are taller, and owing to lack of funds to prune them regularly they are pretty big...
I will try to do some photos of our place as the spring warms up -- the plants are improving but were quite shocked by the cold temps. of Feb....
I am glad you are still contacting me to read posts. I will examine this closely, we have a water feature in our back townhouse patio that might...
I have just checked on Gardens West and found out it went bankrupt several years ago. I have posted here on UBC Forums in the past few years but...
I read through the entries [edit by wcutler: entries are now at Fruit and Nut Tree Resources Discussion] more carefully and saw the sources...
Thanks, will certainly investigate Fruit Trees and More, don't live far away from it I guess. There are options around Victoria, of course,...
I have been off the forum, actually, for some time, having done most of my set-up gardening here and no longer at the moment anyway on our strata...
