Seeding mistletoe

[Nice65]

Stopped today at Cowdray Park, Midhurst and took some pics of the Misteltoe on the Lindens. Having said the Mistletoe is a pest, this particular part of the estate has some very old trees that are seriously over mature. The Mistletoe does make quite a feature of them.

 

[Nice65]

And, bonuses. Mistletoe wood, which is pretty boring but if anyone wants a bit I’ll gather some and post it. Maybe a section of the knobby bits sanded smooth and polished would look good?



Plus, a superb fir cone. Which was under some Sorbus, so I’m not 100% sure of where it came from. The resin is really pungent, I’m going to find the tree and see if I can find a bit to put in the incense burner.

 

[FerlasDave]

Round here: Shropshire/Hereford/Worcester Mistletoe grows as much on lime as it does on apple. It proliferates there because it’s often very high up and hard to reach.

There is a massive Mistletoe festival/ wholesale market for Mistletoe and holly in Ludlow come December. A lot of that will have grown in lime.

Famously (says Pliny) it could occasionally be found on oak but I’ve never seen that and I don’t know anyone who has.

Interesting! Are they sold as living plants or seeds or already dried and just for decoration etc?

 

[Pattree]

It’s all freshly cut and unadorned.



It’s actually Tenbury! More people might know Ludlow not far away.

 

[Tengu]

And, bonuses. Mistletoe wood, which is pretty boring but if anyone wants a bit I’ll gather some and post it. Maybe a section of the knobby bits sanded smooth and polished would look good?

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Plus, a superb fir cone. Which was under some Sorbus, so I’m not 100% sure of where it came from. The resin is really pungent, I’m going to find the tree and see if I can find a bit to put in the incense burner.

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Thats a super cone. Im having pine cone jealousy.

Have you enough wood to create an arrow designed to kill an Influencer God?

 

[Nice65]

Thats a super cone. Im having pine cone jealousy.

Have you enough wood to create an arrow designed to kill an Influencer God?

Thanks I think it’s probably the finest cone I’ve ever found.

Re: the Infuencer God, perhaps. Enough for a Level 10 Tengu beak tip for sure.

 

[British Red]

Stopped today at Cowdray Park, Midhurst and took some pics of the Misteltoe on the Lindens. Having said the Mistletoe is a pest, this particular part of the estate has some very old trees that are seriously over mature. The Mistletoe does make quite a feature of them.

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Thank you for those pictures, I enjoyed seeing them

 

[daveO]

Plus, a superb fir cone. Which was under some Sorbus, so I’m not 100% sure of where it came from. The resin is really pungent, I’m going to find the tree and see if I can find a bit to put in the incense burner.

It's a pine cone I think. Holford or Eastern White maybe.

 

[Nice65]

It's a pine cone I think. Holford or Eastern White maybe.

It is. I found the tree yesterday. It’s in the arboretum at Cowdray Park where there are loads of different trees and not one has a label or tag.

I can’t see the point of a collection of anything that isn’t labelled for education.

 

[Pattree]

Why was the arboretum established? As the private collection of an enthusiastic dendrologist it wouldn’t have needed labels.

Is Viscount Cowdray or his estate manager approachable? Perhaps there is a plan or map of the different species and varieties.

Perhaps if you wrote expressing a simple interest and curiosity, that would be enough to get his attention.
Otherwise expressing an interest in environmental arboriculture would be in line with his own vision for his estate.

I write to all sorts of people and am often surprised at those who respond and sometimes disappointed by those who might be expected to answer but don’t!

 

[Nice65]

Why was the arboretum established? As the private collection of an enthusiastic dendrologist it wouldn’t have needed labels.

Is Viscount Cowdray or his estate manager approachable? Perhaps there is a plan or map of the different species and varieties.

Perhaps if you wrote expressing a simple interest and curiosity, that would be enough to get his attention.
Otherwise expressing an interest in environmental arboriculture would be in line with his own vision for his estate.

I write to all sorts of people and am often surprised at those who respond and sometimes disappointed by those who might be expected to answer but don’t!

It’s the John Cowdray Arboretum, it’s fairly new and contains some interesting trees, but I’m not bothered enough to start finding out why they’re not labelled. The Cowdray Estate goes back hundreds of years, there are maps of the grounds and walks but no specifics on the arboretum. Here’s one of the older trees, The Queen Elizabeth Oak.

Apologies @British Red for taking your thread off topic, I did at least get some mistletoe pics in

 

[British Red]

Apologies @British Red for taking your thread off topic, I did at least get some mistletoe pics in

I love thread drift. We are talking trees - why on earth would I mind?