16 September 2011

Freaky Friday #2


I've got another Freaky Friday for you.

This time it's a freak of nature.

I'd never seen anything like it.

Did you know that if you let ivy grow up the trunk of a dead tree, the ivy takes over and makes a new tree? No, me neither.

In our new garden we have an ivy tree.

From a distance it looks like a 'normal' tree:




But when you get up close:



The branches and leaves are all ivy.



Freaky.



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5 comments:

  1. I bet that looks stunning in the winter when all the other trees have lost their leaves

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  2. wow that is an impressive tree x

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  3. Wow that looks great... I wonder what would happen if I let Ivy grow up a dead trunk here. First to find a dead trunk!

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  4. Fascinating and educational too! Never seen anything like that before.

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  5. I'm really shocked that you all seem to like my freaky tree! It reminds me of the Strangler Figs you see in the rain forest. It may not last the winter *revs up the chain saw* ;-)

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