These trees will look terrific once grown & add much needed greenery as well as a food source for wildlife
I love posting about good news & today I have just that. Last October 2011 I posted about the stupid vandalism of 3 new Gordonias in a row of 10 street trees that Marrickville Council had planted on the Richardsons Crescent crest that goes over the railway line between Marrickville & Tempe. Another tree was pulled out a week or two after I posted. See - http://bit.ly/tfq78S
The good news is that Marrickville Council have replaced all 4 trees & added another one for good measure. Thankfully, Gordonias are slow growing & Council used trees that are pretty much the same size as the older Gordonias, so the line of trees will grow together & not look hotch-potch.
This area needed street trees. Once these trees grow, this section will look lovely, especially when they are in flower. Flowers like large fried eggs sitting sunny-side up on the grass will give a cheery sight for people stuck in traffic here. These trees are also good for nectar-eating birds, bats & bees. Thank you to Marrickville Council. A lot of people will be happy about this work.
They will also be visible from around the area
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May 26, 2012 at 3:05 pm
whimsicat
so great to read a good news story about tree plantings!
May 27, 2012 at 11:16 am
Helayne
Walked past the new plantings on bridge the other day, very happy to see Council replaced them. Other new Tempe trees planted in the Green Street park are growing fast and are well established. It is a shame the Fig Tree IKEA transplanted looks like it is on its last legs and has gone down hill fast recently. Hundreds of trees were razed to the ground for this development, including mature street trees, eucalypts, that stood like sentinels into Tempe as you came down Princes Highway…all chopped down. Now the fig is going to go too. Maybe we should petition the Council and IKEA to replace the street trees with the same species as they grew so well along the highway there! The same species would grow again for sure.
May 29, 2012 at 10:50 pm
Kristina
Fantastic! What a great strip of trees. Hope they grow long & strong! Thanks Marrickville Council.
June 7, 2012 at 5:23 pm
brenda
This is great news and the replacement Gordonia trees the council planted are a good size in relation to the other trees.