Mistletoe

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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I wonder how many years it takes for a clump of mistletoe to reach this size.

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    Can anyone come up with a bigger one?
     
  2. Kedi-Gato

    Kedi-Gato Gardener

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    I don't know, pete, but it sure looks like a huge clump. I doubt that anyone can beat you.
     
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    Thousands of snogs there Pete [​IMG]
     
  4. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    daitheplant Total Gardener

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    Hundreds of Ã?£`s there Pete. [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
  6. Pro Gard

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    10 years or there abouts
     
  7. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Pity its seventy foot up David.

    We could be milyonaires by christmas. :D
     
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    daitheplant Total Gardener

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    You just get Progard to cut the tree down.... [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
  9. Victoria

    Victoria Lover of Exotic Flora

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    What a beauty, and so rare to see now, and I would agree worth quite a few pennies. [​IMG]

    Even rarer is the plastic sprig I have up under one of my arches which I just discovered a couple of days ago ... [​IMG]
     
  10. daitheplant

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    The arch or the sprig LOL? [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
  11. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Plastic? ugghh.
    "Underneath the arches" not fallen I hope.

    Pro, how much to cut the tree down?

    [​IMG] Cant afford much.
     
  12. Victoria

    Victoria Lover of Exotic Flora

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    David, I'm ignoring you.

    pete ... I know (horrendous) but you can still kiss under it. And no, the arches haven't fallen, very solid, concrete here ... but I did see Fallen Angels with the beautiful Hayley and Juliet Mills.
     
  13. shiney

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    Not seen a clump like that anywhere, pete. We go walking in Hatfield Forest and lots of trees have mistletoe on them but they seem to spread through the branches and not stay in clumps.
     
  14. Mona Lisa

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    [​IMG]

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    It grows in abundance all around us ... the first picture is a huge fir tree not too far away and the second an old lime tree............... it's regarded as lucky here..
     
  15. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Intresting ML, I didn't know it grew on conifers, seems to be taking over some of the trees over there.
     
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