Thanks to local award-winning family business Bohmer's Tree Care for sponsoring this article

We once received a call from the SES to say that a branch from a Liquid Amber Tree had fallen into someone’s granny flat during wild winds.

Luckily no one was hurt, however, we removed a branch that had fallen over the top of a stained-glass roof and, thanks to more meticulous work by the team, no glass was broken.

The image above shows the recovered branch. Once it snapped we could see inside how weak it was – but it would have been impossible to see this with the naked eye.

It had two relatively equal-sized parts (branches) sharing one primary section, with the white wood ‘holding’ the wood and the black wood representing ‘dead’ wood, as there was no actual vascular connection. The brown in the centre of the end of the wood shows it was slowly dying.

Considering that this white ‘healthy’ wood area was all that was holding up this beast of a tree – which weighed about a tonne and half – it’s no wonder that it snapped!

Give us a call if you’re worried about the health of your trees, particularly in wild weather, and let’s keep our homes, families and communities safe.

For more information, visit the Bohmer's Tree Care website, call 0432 789 530 or follow @BohmersTreeCare. And watch the video below to see Bohmer inspecting an emergency site after a night of wild weather in May 2023