Osage in Adelaide botanic gardens

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Hi folks, hope you all enjoyed your Easter break. I went to Adelaide for a few days to visit the family and found this beautiful big osage orange tree in the botanic gardens...

I planted a few out at home over xmas that I've grown from seed, think it will be a while before they get this big

The fruit were a lot bigger than I expected, maybe 6" diameter. The trunk would have been nearly 2' thick and beautifully straight............

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[Hamish]

You have my permission to cut this one down
Only kiddin'
Upper trunk, front of the fork looks good, not the lower trunk though.
Hamish

[Feral]

They are a pest along the MacIntyre River in NSW

[Bill]

Hello Feral, just where along the river are they a pest.
There may be some appropriate people here able to assist in the removal of such pests.

[Shrek]

Geez I just got from Adelaide today and I sharpened my Brother in laws axe while I was there.If only I'd knowd