Friday September 4, 2009
Plant the right trees, MBPJ
I WAS attracted to the story “MBPJ to make greening mandatory” in StarMetro. This is a great move towards greening the city. Now I wonder what type of trees they are going to plant and how they will be maintained.
I have a wild cinnamon tree in front of my house. This type of tree was planted in PJ SS23 neighbourhood by MBPJ some 10 years ago. The tree sheds leaves very often and I have to constantly sweep them up as they fall into my compound. MBPJ neither sweeps away the leaves nor prunes the trees regularly.
Recently, all the leaves turned brown and dropped off. Hence, I requested for MBPJ to cut off the dried branches. I was hoping that the tree would be healthy again after that, but it was not. Anyway, the tree looks dead now and I have no choice but to call MBPJ again to remove it entirely.
Although the tree was not pretty like the frangipani tree or pine, I will miss a little the shade it provided and the idea of losing some greenery in my immediate surroundings. On the plus side, now I don’t have to sweep fallen leaves anymore.
I hope that MBPJ will in future consider the aesthetic value of a tree before planting it.
On a separate note, I would like to commend MBPJ for crafting beautiful topiaries in some parts of Petaling Jaya. Perhaps one day we can become known as a “city of topiaries”, like the town of Railton in Tasmania, Australia.
Mygreenfinder
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