Posted by: Alison O'Connor
I saw these trees today (I think they are serviceberry) leaving a restaurant near the CSU campus in Fort Collins. I was with fellow horties Mary Small and Tony Koski and we all stopped dead in our tracks to gawk and take photos.
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| As seen in Fort Collins... |
Wow. Just wow. Talk about a "concrete coffin".
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| Sniffle. Poor roots. |
I'm just at a loss for words...and why don't you just add insult to injury with the rock mulch!
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| At least the bike wasn't chained to the tree. |
What really gets my goat is that they were nice trees...really nice trees. Good quality trees. I'll keep an eye on them to see how they do over the months/years. I won't argue that something green would is nice to plant near the wall to break up some of the hardscape...but maybe a taller ornamental grass would have been a better option or a decorative container? A tree is just a bad choice. The branches are already touching the wall. Any other thoughts/comments?
