It's not just in leafy Redland and Clifton that the Ginkgo Madness is manifesting itself.
This is Duckmoor Road. Southville.
South Bristol is not full of leafy suburbs. There are many important trees, but the spacings are generally wider apart than in the north. Which makes every street tree lost even more important for the future amenity and comfort of the city.
So, what are Duckmoor Road's London Planes are being replaced with..?
Yes, that's right. Ginkgos. Slow-growing, ineffective, easy-to-maintain Ginkgos. Even in locations where there is a hugh amount of space and no buildings anywhere near the tree-pit.
The future residents of the area will no-doubt wonder why flooding, heat-waves, poor health, and mental illness affects them more in 20 years time than it does now. Hopefully some of them will come across this post and start to understand why they were left such a useless legacy by the 'officers' of Bristol City Council in 2010.
Maybe, they too will reflect on just how little the trees have grown over the course of the 21st century, in comparison with more appropriate street tree species.
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