Interesting topping

This tree in West Davis has been nipped and snipped and pretty much ruined, for no good reason--unless the homeowner was worried about shading that array of solar panels . . . .

This row of oddly hacked trees is on the east side of a house on Cowell Boulevard in Davis.

My best guess is that there's a chainsaw in the garage and a man that doesn't know how to use a chainsaw in the house.

File this one under either hideous or disfigured.

Here's another 52nd Street tree. After the failure of a single branch, the owner called in someone recommended by a neighbor. The tree was topped by the boob with the chainsaw and now the leaders terminate in hideous tangles of witch's brooms. It's an ugly sight in the summer, but positively grotesque after leaf fall.

Here's a textbook example of unnecessary tree-topping from 52nd Street in Sacramento. Prior to this pointless exercise in maiming, the tree was an attractive specimen--one of the best on a block not well treed.

These two zelkovas at the southeast corner of the AM/PM were also ruined in an effort to discourage the birds from roosting. It's hard to imagine the level of ignorance of a pruner who would do this kind of work.

The City of Davis is currently in the process of levying a fine on the owner for proceeding with the chainsaw mayhem after being instructed not to.

Here is a tree at the south west corner of the AM/PM at 705 Russell Boulevard, Davis. The tree was irreparably damaged in an effort to prevent birds from roosting in it.

How about this row of pears between the USDA building at 430 G Street and Thai Nakorn restaurant at 424 G Street, Davis? What kind of ignorant "landscapers" were let loose with sharp instruments to ruin the trees? For shame!