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If the old rampike that you leave standing for wild guests really disfigures its setting, plant trumpet-creeper or wisteria at its base and turn it into a showpiece. Against the day when it must fall down, plant a replacement tree nearby, but not too near. A curious thing about some old trees is this: when they never looked better, they may be approaching their worst. A superannuated apple tree, for example, after years of steady decline will suddenly surprise you one spring by bursting into exaggerated bloom. Though it has borne little or no fruit for the longest time, this year it will produce quantities. Then, within another year or two, the tree is dead or next thing to it. |
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