With trunk and permanent side limbs, if present, in place, the pollarded tree should be pruned every winter, or at least every second or third winter.
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The area along the stream forms part of a Local Nature Reserve, the Ashford Green Corridor, with pollarded willows adjacent to " Bentley Road " in Willesborough.
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No special techniques are needed when developing a young tree to a pollarded form except to give it a high head, with at least five or six feet of clear trunk.
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If the hedge is trimmed repeatedly at the same height, a'hard knuckle'will start to form at that height similar to the shape of a pollarded tree.
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The tree was diagnosed with heart rot in the 1990s, and it was pollarded to encourage new growth, reducing it from over 120 feet to around 90 feet in height.
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The present black poplar grew from a rooted cutting taken from the old tree which was said to be at least 300 years old when it collapsed in 1995 and had been repeatedly pollarded.
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There are over 800 ancient trees in the Wood Pasture areas, some of which are over 1, 200 years old, and of especial note are the huge pollarded oaks and hornbeams.
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Typically, the regrowth of branches and natural leaf litter from the coppiced or pollarded stumps will restore soil fertility in 20 to 25 years, at which point the chitemene process is repeated.
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If your pollarded tree is to be the type that has stubby side limbs growing on a length of clear trunk, start selecting those side limbs as soon as the trunk is long enough.
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The estate surrounding the house, Sotterley Park, was laid out in the 18th Century and includes some ancient semi-natural woodland including pollarded oak trees and trees of significant size and age.
