Here is my best flowering gum (Corymbia ficifolia) back in January. She sure is pretty huh? The flowers attract bees and birds alike. The flowers last about 2 weeks and are followed by gorgeous big gumnuts.
This morning after Diba's walk this is what I found!
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| The main part of the tree has been severed |
Yeap it is broken. The best shaped gum out of the three is reduced to a third of its former self. I had to saw the main trunk as it was too thick after a good 3 years of growth.
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| The 3 gums along our front |
I am not so sure it was an animal although I found feathers on the broken part...
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| Lorikeet or perhaps possum? |
I suspect human foul play at it was a sizeable stem. It is just so frustrating at it was the main growing stem so now it will end up looking more like a mallee than a tree. I will have to consider getting a replacement, sigh.
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Boo to those pesky teens who walk the streets late at night...it did look lovely.
ReplyDeleteI did hear voices last night.... It was such a thick branch.
DeleteIt's humans, I bet! And don't easily suspect teens. I am pretty convinced that it was an adult neighbour who hated native plants - he once foolishly let slip to me...
ReplyDeleteI have had numberable run-ins, before I wrote my blog, with native street trees, particularly eucalypts, being vandalised. Once a eucalypt was poisoned with glypho as almost overnight it perished, many, many times crudely broken off. I got to the point of posting a sign on the street saying that I had noticed the tree destruction and that I was keeping watch to identify the person(s)who did it. I also commented that it was an offence as the trees were council property and that I had informed the council of the vandalism.
When gardening out the front, I had many people out on a walk congratulating me for the sign. I must say after I had erected the sign I had no more vandalism.
I hear your pain Louise and I am glad it got sorted out eventually. I have to say I put the trees in and took out the water gums that the council had put in so I am not sure I could go to the council.and all of my neighbours are really lovely and.love the trees.it is just so sad as it is now a third of its size. Damn tree breaker!
DeleteThat is really annoying. Could it have been a kid swinging on it? I kind of hope it was just an accident rather than something more malicious.
ReplyDeleteThat's awful. I hope it wasn't deliberate vandalism. I hope you are able to ammend the damage but its crap that you have to do it in the first place.
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