Category Archives: worst tree

The Tankmaster Chronicles – Night

Posted on May 20, 2009 by AHC McDonald

About a week into this blog, in October 2007, someone suggested the fake palmery of Tankmaster in Midland as a worthy topic. And so it was.  I had taken one shot from the car window which I wasn’t happy with, … Continue reading →

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Succulent

Posted on May 15, 2009 by AHC McDonald

Mrs. Durant: Oh, isn’t he a marvelous dentist? Harvey Greenfield: Great. Mrs. Durant: But with his talents he would have made an even better obstetrician. Cactus Flower 1969 Just because we haven’t had worst garden/worst plant in a while. Guildford … Continue reading →

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Tagged by The Devil

Posted on March 9, 2009 by AHC McDonald

“So grotesque and preposterous are the principle characters in this galaxy of clowns and crooks that none but a thrice double ass could have taken them for rulers.” Officer in the Allied Control Commission, Nuremberg trials. I’m not sure why … Continue reading →

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Sacred Boab Humiliated

Posted on August 11, 2008 by AHC McDonald

From Fairfax a few weeks ago… West Australian Aboriginals have replanted an ancient boab tree after it was driven thousands of kilometres with a police escort to save it from destruction. A road widening scheme meant the tree, estimated to … Continue reading →

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Sad Slots

Posted on June 20, 2008 by AHC McDonald

Because we mentioned posties the other day, and we also haven’t had any letterboxes up for a while, here are three offerings. For this first one, I hope the postie is a basketball player, or at least not a short … Continue reading →

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Palmed Off

Posted on December 9, 2007 by AHC McDonald

Now I’m all for getting rid of ridiculous palm trees from gardens, but you’ve got to finish the job. This seems to have been left as an example to other palm trees to not think about setting up here in … Continue reading →

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Twisted Topiary

Posted on November 5, 2007 by AHC McDonald

Worst Tree/Garden Guest Post from Elwrongo and Slanderer. Apparently it took two of them to wrangle these horrors into the camera. Does the tallest one on the left look a little like a lot of…no, never mind. Elwrongo and Slanderer … Continue reading →

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Jock Kitch

Posted on October 18, 2007 by AHC McDonald

Worst Sculpture This poor fellow looks like he’s got a Cocos Palm caught in his ring. Close to Belmont Raceway, but still – why? The pained look? The effeminate hand on the hip? For some reason he’s standing on a … Continue reading →

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Worst Headquarters Attacked!

Posted on October 10, 2007 by AHC McDonald

Pencil Me In Just when I thought we had wrapped up the Cocos Palm as Perth’s worst tree, Whinging Ninja stepped in with a new contender, the Pencil Pine. Imagine then, my horror when I looked out of the front … Continue reading →

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Cocolossal

Posted on October 2, 2007 by AHC McDonald

Cocos crimes against humanity. Silly me. I thought the worst thing you could do with a Cocos Palm was to plant one of the suckers. No, you grow one, then lop it off at head height and leave the stump. … Continue reading →

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