Early in spring a couple of years ago, we had terrible allergies due to a huge plane tree growing in front of our home.
Last spring, hardly at all. But why?
Today, with temperatures around 0°C overnight and spring still weeks away, the plane tree is being swarmed by a flock of Galahs. They're picking-over the seed pods, presumably to get to the seeds, and scattering plane tree "snow" far and wide. The galahs look happy, and I'll be grateful if they prevent another bout of allergies this coming spring.

#Melbourne #PlaneTrees #Galahs #Birbs

unless someone will answer

Avenue of Plane Trees
Jodie Hollander

#Poetry #JodieHollander #VincentVanGogh #Literature #Painting #ClimateChange #PlaneTrees

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162451/avenue-of-plane-trees

In Handel's opera Serse, the famous aria, "Ombra mai fu," is sung by the title character in praise of his favourite plane tree.

In the French Revolutionary Calendar, today is Platane, or Day of the Plane-tree. 10 things you might not know about plane trees:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2023/03/22-march-plane-trees.html

#PlaneTrees #FrenchRevolutionaryCalendar #Trees #Facts

Late February, fallen leaves from Plane Trees in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia)

#LateSummer #Naarm #Melbourne #FallenLeaves #LondonPlaneTrees #PlaneTrees

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-24/plane-trees-to-be-culled-in-melbourne-city/11635846