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Post by Cherry on Oct 9, 2011 16:37:35 GMT
This is the poor apple tree which must come down. Every branch is broken. We could not eat outside because the wasps were very bad. I need some ideas for the trunk of the tree. Husband wants it for firewood. I wonder if I should keep some of it anyway. After all, I already have logs and roots in here. It will be replaced by a Prunus serrula so that I keep a canopy (in time) over the plants in this shade garden.  |
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Post by esther on Oct 9, 2011 16:41:29 GMT
It is always sad when trees have to be cut down  |
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Post by Geranium on Oct 9, 2011 16:45:46 GMT
If you feel that you want to keep part of it, I suppose you could grow something over the stump - like a Clematis or a not too vigorous climbing rose - or both even.
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Post by Lou78W on Oct 9, 2011 16:54:52 GMT
It would be a shame to lose that magnificent tree completely  ...depending on how far you cut back the stump....how about a few ferns.......a Royal Fern would look nice, cos they get huuuuuuuge. |
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Post by Cherry on Oct 9, 2011 17:01:06 GMT
I should have photographed under the tree too. There are ferns around the trunk now. I might just leave enough trunk to use as a plinth for a bowl of seasonal plants which like shade. It will still be too shady for a rose, although more sun will be let in. More wind and cold too.
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Post by Geranium on Oct 9, 2011 17:15:20 GMT
When half my huge Ceanothus thyrsiflorus repens died, we cut the trunk back and I planted a variegated ivy by it - that was about 4 years ago, and it looks good. It's a pretty one with a narrow leaf shape.  |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Oct 9, 2011 17:39:34 GMT
From what you have said, I gather you are taking the tree down but not taking the roots out  and you have planting around the base of the tree, if this is the case then I would leave an amount of trunk. If you cut it down to ground level and have planting around it, it looks there is a gap in the planting. I have left about two/three feet on a number of the trees we have taken down, they make good plinths, are great for tying plants to or letting plants climb over them. I only cut one down to ground level and bitterly regretted it, in the end I built a raised bed over it. You will have to trim suckers off the side of the stump for a few years. |
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Post by Louise on Oct 9, 2011 18:34:01 GMT
Using a/the trunk as a bird feeder is a good idea.
Attach hooks, and/or brackets, to it and have feeders hanging up and down it.
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Post by Cherry on Oct 9, 2011 18:36:17 GMT
Thanks for these ideas. I am honestly taking these on board.
I won't get suckers WF. It is not grafted and the tree is rather dead actually. Inside the tree had a load of dead branches and the apples were growing on the outside which got light and air.
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Post by grindle on Oct 10, 2011 4:04:42 GMT
it would be nice to keep some of the trunk,
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Post by merlin on Oct 10, 2011 6:38:50 GMT
I too would leave a reasonable amount of trunk. If after a few years you want to remove it, it will help lever it out. Also if you cut down to the ground the roots may get diseased. Wasps are a problem.
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Post by Cherry on Oct 31, 2011 20:32:46 GMT
This is how the spot where the apple tree looks today.   |
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Post by Lou78W on Oct 31, 2011 20:38:32 GMT
An end of an era......  ...do you have anything planned for that space? |
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Post by Cherry on Oct 31, 2011 20:43:42 GMT
Now I can see the laburnum which was pushed out to get the sun and the trunk looks split. It will have to hang on in there for a couple of years as it would look too ugly if I lost that too.  |
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Post by Cherry on Oct 31, 2011 20:47:36 GMT
Yes Lou. Prunus serrula. It is a tree which has a raised canopy which I need to protect the garden and to hide the greenhouse and shed. They are seen in all their glory now. This tree is very hardy and the bark is the big display with this. It is no good growing a pretty Liquidambar or most other trees as they are simply not really hardy.
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...depending on how far you cut back the stump....how about a few ferns.......a Royal Fern would look nice, cos they get huuuuuuuge.
and you have planting around the base of the tree, if this is the case then I would leave an amount of trunk. If you cut it down to ground level and have planting around it, it looks there is a gap in the planting. I have left about two/three feet on a number of the trees we have taken down, they make good plinths, are great for tying plants to or letting plants climb over them. I only cut one down to ground level and bitterly regretted it, in the end I built a raised bed over it.
...do you have anything planned for that space?
