Poor tree

:( The rain and the winds were too much for my poor Robinia

 

Thats a shame anakat, the weather here in the south has been lousy today.

Has it completely snapped off?

 

Yes completely snapped :(

I would like to replace it with another pretty tree, but one not as brittle as Robinia. If anyone has any suggestions please.

 

Anakat, what a shame it looks such a good specimen as well. I think I would replace it with a Cercis. A beautiful, spring flowering, tree.:thumb:

 

What a shame and what a pain to have to clear up:(

We have had some nasty gusts of wind here today from completely the opposite direction than we usually get (I'm rubbish with compass points and whether it's blowing towards or away from them:o)

 

I feel for you anakat,replace the Robinia
with Good variety of Bamboo,...................... Striking,colourful and strong.

 

If its snapped well above the graft, I 'd be inclined to cut it cleanly off and train a new stem upwards.
If on the other hand it was top grafted, there's not a lot you can do.

 

A shame but they are prone to wind damadge especially if planted in an exposed position, Personally I like to reduce the crown every 2 years to help reduce the likely hood of damadge and the size of the tree.

 

sorry to see your bad luck..just been out to secure my pauls scarlet hawthorne its been taking a right old battering:rolleyes:

 

Oh Anakat - I feel for you. It is the identical situation I had last year with my Hawthorn - full leaf, heavy in blossom, plenty of rain weighing down the crown, bit top heavy for the diameter of trunk and and then strong winds as the coup de gras... Your tree looked beautiful.
I woke up today to find my little laburnum heavily leaning over the outside pavement having half come out of the ground too after yesterdays storm here :(

How about trying a eucalyptus tree? Evergreen blue'grey foliage, fast growing but need keeping in check so they don't get too tall. Mine never seems to suffer from the wind, but you do have to keep them straight and staked to ensure they grow up nice and straight - I didn't realize this at first so mine has a kinky trunk from where it was going off in its own merry way before being brought into line! They catch the light nicely on their leaves and rustle in the breeze pleasantly. The birds seem to focus on it for perching in too, which is nice.

My other suggestion is a lovely Whitebeam Tree. Blossom not much really but the first leaves of spring are beautiful!

 

Thanks for all the sympathy, i was really sad, it was such a beautiful tree.
This was taken just a few days ago


We decided to go for the Circis (thanks David) and got a Circis Forest Pansy

 

Anakat, Forest Pansy is absolutely stunning, a very good choice.:thumb:

 

Oh dear, nearly ended up in next door's garden.

 

It did end up in nextdoor's garden, poetic justice really as they bought the tree for me
We have been nieghbours and friends for over 40 years so it was not a problem.

 

anakat, Essex member :thumb:

Don't robina sucker when pruned, albeit by accident ?