Inspirational Trees

Some of you might have seen some of these before, some might not.

All in this post are oaks, and all exhibit great bonsai characteristics...

...as do these beeches.

... this mixed bag of ash, pine, London plane, Caucasian Zelkova, Holm oak and yew are great inspiration for bonsai too.

I have an Oak flickr slideshow here, and a beech one here. All of the trees on my flickr account can be seen here.

(All of the images posted above are links too, you can click them to see the relevant flickr page, from where you can view larger format images if you wish)

Hope you like them.

Chris.

Wow! Great tree images - thanks for posting them!

RE: The last photo. Tanuki using a building as the base! There's novel.

Great ,really enjoyed them.

Yep wonderful! There's one that really looks unlike an oak. The sixth one is very Beech like. All the others are just the sort of Oaks I love. The mixed bag are great too. I'm always on the lookout for trees full of character.

Thanks for posting. I'm off to take another look at your Flickr account.

Chris,
Great trees... Thanks for posting.
Some of these in your posts elsewhere have inspired the styling of some trees I'm working on.

Jay

I do not know why, to put when reading this message, a name comes me the mind: Min Hsuan Lo!
Oaks, is fantastic!
Shalom Luciano.

Glad you all like the trees. I forgot to post this one, a favourite of mine, a sycamore in Northumberland. We don't get so many sycamores down south, one of the things I look forward to on our trips up north is the sycamores.

Chris.

Dear Treebeard

The Brittish trees are indeed special !
Would lik to post some beauties i saw during my visits in England.
Kind regards
Morea

Thanks for posting thee great images.
A common feature on the really old ones are holes, hollows and deadwood, even on the deciduous trees.

I always love your photos...thanks for taking the time to post them for us.

Here are a few from a garden i work. The first is a Quercus canariensis which i have been uncovering so it can be viewed better. it doesn't lose its leaves till about Jan and I have not come across another one before.

How oft have I heard the phrase "you never see trees like this in nature" when stood behind narrow minded 'bonsai' (I say this with tongue in cheek) Folk at exhibitions.

[quote]How oft have I heard the phrase "you never see trees like this in nature"

This is most likely because, unless you are an enthusiast, you just don't see the detail. Hard for us to understand, I know.
I often amuse friends and family by stopping dead in my tracks to scrutinize trees such as these. You either get it or you don't.

Great photos.

Morea, thanks for the photos, lovely trees.

Smithy, thanks for the pictures, the copper beech is superb.

Jersanct - thanks (I like your avatar, you should see the tree in real life, it's amazing).

Chris.

Is Jersancts avatar the Yew at Runnymede[Magna Carta]?

Hello Will, yes it is, here are a couple of pictures...

dead wood detail:


rear view, from under the extensive canopy:


Chris.

A couple of truly fantastical European beech trees in Burnham Beeches.





Chris.

Anyone got a decent pic of the Fortingall Yew? Supposedly 5000 years old

will baddeley wrote:Anyone got a decent pic of the Fortingall Yew? Supposedly 5000 years old

Hi Will, it is impossible to get a 'decent' Pic of the Fortingall Yew as it is surrounded by a large wall. I have visited the tree many times over the years, it is quite healthy.

Note: Pontius Pilate... it is claimed was born under the boughs of the tree, absolutely false. This was made up in Victorian (I think) times as a hook to lure Tourists to Glen Lyons. However it is not beyond the realms of possibilities that Pontius Pilate was indeed Scottish check here: Pontius Pilate ...that would explain a lot I think Fiona

Tony wrote: ... it is not beyond the realms of possibilities that Pontius Pilate was indeed Scottish ...that would explain a lot I think Fiona

As already well documented by St William the Connolly. I'd post a link but ... apart from the obvious concern about offending those sensitive to religious jokes, I doubt many would actually understand the Glasgow patois.

just a couple of pictures that came up when i put Fontigall Yew into google!?

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