How big will the tress on O'Connell street grow?

bc dub

They look great, imo, and are all growing well since first planted. I was walking down yesterday wondering what will they be like in 5,10,15 years?

Nolanger

They'll be cut down in a few years like the last ones. City planning at its worst!

bc dub

ya'what? Why? To plant new ones? Surely we could have nice maturing trees there for like..ever?

Cookie_Monster

bc dub wrote: »

ya'what? Why? To plant new ones? Surely we could have nice maturing trees there for like..ever?

you'd think that but they'll likely be chopped down for some obscure/stupid reason like the last ones.

That said there was a thread around here a while back comparing photos of now to the 60/70/80ies, some good comparisons of trees on college green and how much they've grown.

crushproof

As far as I remember reading they're meant to be regularly clipped back to keep their kind of square symmetric design and size and what not. But it doesn't seem like that these days, looks like the cut backs (excuse the pun!) have affected their trimming

A Disgrace

They will remian their current size I think. I liked the large matures down the middle, but large ones on the footpaths would ruin the street, just like the mess at College Green where the whole 'plaza' is totally taken over by them

msg11

Dose it not depend on how much the roots can grow underground so if they contained the roots under the ground would the tree not stop growing? Did they even do this or think of it?

Grid.

I'm sure they will have contained the roots before planting, they won't reach the size of the old ones. They will also want to maintain the square formation with regular clipping.