Comments on: Arborist vs. Arborist – A Decatur City Commission Meeting Topic

By: GM

GM — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:48:21 +0000

Water oaks are notoriously weak wooded (they grow to fast), they start to drop branches when they get big, and they are just short lived trees. This is why you never see them planted much any more. Cant even find them at the home depot! They are as useless as Bradford pears…

They may have nice form, but don’t plant one for your grandkids…

By: chris

chris — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:25:42 +0000

There may be such a thing as a “trash tree” (personally, I don’t like cherry laurels) but I don’t think water oaks are among them. They are beautiful trees.

By: GM

GM — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:02:33 +0000

They are water oaks…basically trash trees and at that size on their way out. In an environment like Decatur they probably live 80 to 100 years…how old is the house? Take em out! Plant a white oak or even a tulip poplar, at least they can live to be 400!

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:08:03 +0000

BTW, the appeal was quickly denied you hilarious people.

Basically, Mr. Baskett and Mayor Floyd pointed out that all parties agreed to the original tree ordinance, which recognized that the tree was healthy. So any sort of observation 8 months after the fact is sort of moot.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:48:16 +0000

According to Ms. Thompson, this is the first time in the ordinance’s 22 year history that the tree ordinance has been appealed.