Sunday, November 15, 2015

Trimming Palms

Pruning palm trees, Piazza del Municipio, Livorno
I do not like palms: the only kind of tree that I like even less is a trimmed palm tree.
Pruning palm trees, Piazza del Municipio, Livorno
Pruning palm trees, Piazza del Municipio, Livorno
My grandfather considered pruning trees an art of sorts, which he practiced skilfully, but I am not sure if he knew about palms...

Work in Progress - The Other Half - Four Palms - A New Piazza del Municipio - The New Square
See also: Town Hall - Palazzo Granducale - Piazza del Municipio - Municipal Building - Town Hall Facade

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11 comments:

  1. RevrunnerNovember 15, 2015 at 12:21 AM

    Aw, come on VP! They're cool looking. :-)

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  2. Taken For GrantedNovember 15, 2015 at 7:51 AM

    Palms mean places with soft breezes and warm nights. I also liked the palm before it was trimmed, but it will eventually grow back.

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  3. HalcyonNovember 15, 2015 at 11:24 AM

    It does look a little sad after the "haircut". Does this practice help keep the trees healthier?

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  4. EG CameraGirlNovember 15, 2015 at 1:29 PM

    How interesting that you don't like palm trees. Since we don't have any here north of Toronto, I was always consider them exotic and often include them in memories of warm places i have visited. ;)

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  5. LowellNovember 15, 2015 at 4:13 PM

    Some palm trees I don't like, such as the ones we had around our pool at our old house in Ocala. They dropped black berries all around the pool and in the pool - what a mess and they had to be trimmed at least twice a year at some expense!

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  6. SharonNovember 15, 2015 at 6:14 PM

    Living in a land of palm trees, I see trimming going on all the time. I do however, see what you mean in this photo. The big full tree is much nicer looking than the trimmed one.

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  7. William KendallNovember 15, 2015 at 7:43 PM

    This one ends up looking like it had a buzz cut.

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  8. RedPatNovember 15, 2015 at 10:52 PM

    I didn't know they had to be trimmed!

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  9. cieldequimperNovember 15, 2015 at 11:26 PM

    Oh my goodness your caption made me laugh!!!!

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  10. Luis GomezNovember 16, 2015 at 1:30 AM

    These are beautiful shots. Lovely palms.

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  11. DinaNovember 16, 2015 at 6:47 PM

    They do look a bit weird, even stripped, after a severe trimming.

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