Rock Mulching

It's hard to see, but these are two large spruce mulched up about 18" with rock. Shame to mess with mature trees that way. St. Paul, MN

Street Views

City of Chicago

Gator bag on a dead tree. Western, just south of Fullerton. Your tax dollars! At least no one is getting paid to fill it... hopefully.

Hey, I'm back!!

This Elm has led a fairly good life despite these super obvious and huge girdling roots. And lack of soil and growing space. Yay for it!

Sensless Mutiliation

This was taken at a Wendy's somewhere in Ohio. Unfortunately for the tree, two van-loads of Horticulturists happened upon it and gaped openly.

I don't understand why this was done. There's nothing above the tree, it doesn't need to be shorter. And, I'm sure this "pruning" was a lot of work, and probably expensive. What's the point?

Well, I'm sure it will look beautiful after/if it leafs out.

Bag Worms

Is this beautiful Christmas Tree decorated with ornaments? No, it's a Colorado Blue Spruce covered in Bag Worms. Covered. At first, I thought this was a Douglas Fir covered in cones.

I Hate Pruning Dreams II

So I guess this is intentional. The photo above is one of two trees with a sucker(?) wrapped around it, in some kind of whimsical way. Although, it's still unclear if the tree was purchased that way, or if it was created by the homeowner, who is probably a witch.