Straight from the pages of Tolkien

that's quite amazing Sticki, have you read lord of the rings? or the hobbit....

both, but i never remember all the details!!!

Henry Moore Statues on the move...

Just Faved this one Sticki...I love it.

Isn't it weird pimms? At first i thought it was gunnera buds.

I love this Sticki...That central figure is Lot's Wife..

Ah, she who turned back! You have such an imagination!
This was on the zoom about 20 feet away.

Look...all of them are turning their heads. Brilliant Sticki.

They sort of look like stone penguins to me.

They're definitely all facing the same way and looking at something in the sky...

Creepy!

they were around 15" to maybe even 3 foot high, at a guess.???

Wow Sticki I just loved The Hobbit and the Lord Of The Rings and this picture could have come out of any of the scenes, its amazing!

i have never seen anything like it, you could think you were in the amazon rain forest!!!

What are they Sticki do you know?

we went with some friends and one of them said they were air roots ~ i will try to find out more.

Air roots of the tree? Do you know what kind of tree it was, Sticki?

I didn't recognise it, I have a friend who works there, might be able to find out tomorrow?

Over to you Sticki - we HAVE to know now! lol!

Lol Weird! I thought they were headless meercats lol
Love LOTR and Hobbit!

meercats crossed my mind too pixi!!

Sorry to be so down to earth guys - but they look like air roots of Taxodium distichum. Swamp Cypress if you prefer, lol.
Have seen them before - but never so many, lol.

oh thanks kasy! clever you ~ i had no idea. swamp is exactly where it is situated.

there were masses more ~ this is the zoomed picture to show the detail, they spread over about 30 or more yards??

:) Thank you Sticki:)
Yours must be a mature tree:) There was one at the Lake at Capel Manor College - but still young and just few bits sticking out.

it was a huge tree, unfortunately so big that i couldnt get it and the air roots in one picture.

Puzzle solved! But I do like all the ohter suggesytions better !

sometimes imagination is better than fact!!!????

but i like to know the real reason and names too.

yes :)

How strange :O

very odd arent they, i agree hywel

Wow, very curious...

Nicely captured especially at zoom.

Thanks all now I know what they are...

thanks 7, this place is south of worcester; there was a rare plants fair on but we looked round the grounds too.

nice to know the proper names isnt it richard

Oh, darn...just when I was about to suggest they were mandrakes! ;)

it feels as if they ought to be karen!!

Were they still there on your way back Sticki or had they gone walk-about ?

they were very solid amy! i dont think they moved!!! you never know though!!

probably just waiting to be sprinkled with some potion or another...

Very wierd, I am a Fan of the Hobbit and LOTR`S and can see the connection, lol...

could be right karen

do you think they are baby ents lincslass?

Kasy has got it, it is a swamp cypress, I have a photo from Cambridge Botanical gardens, I'll pop it up!

oh thanks bampy

amazing growth isnt it ?

incredible, i had to look a few times before i could quite believe it!!

Well - looks like I should post mine now - but it's almost like mission impossible, lol. At some point didn't have time to organise my pictures into folders.... let me see if I can find it;-)

i know that feeling kasy!!!

Found one - not much of air roots in it, but....;-)

It came from outer space.
Interesting capture sticki.

Absolutely magnificent, Bampy!

Are these native to Britain??

What an amazing thing to see. Brilliant! Love all the early comments about what they look like. I had no idea what they were..thanks Kasy!

thanks kasy, its a beautiful photo

i think it did treetop!!

no idea karen ~ maybe Kasy or bampy will know

never know what you might find do you karensusan? it was a great surprise to me and i have been there before!!!

You're welcome Karen:) It's really amazing tree - one of deciduous conifers, lol.

Quatermass comes to mind Sticki hehe

you learn something everyday on here dont you ~ thanks kasy!!

i think i used to watch that sue!!

Check pic i just posted Sticki!

I found it pix, it's really clever, same shapes, same material! Fabulous, btw, you ate up early!

This would be about the right time for Pixi to have breakfast Sticki..!?

I was wakekend in the night couldnt sleep..went back to bed at 7am and just got back up about half hour ago!

Looks like a lot of calcified Meerkats......

Cmsue Quatermass, my word that's going back a few years.

Hello, great picture. Yes Swamp Cypress. These are referred to as 'knees'. You can plant swamp cypress in water. I have one on my pond edge, wonder if I'll ever get any knees?

lol Pimp

;) seemed amusing first thing this morning..lol

They just looked creepy to me and i'd never heard of air roots let alone Taxodium distichum o god I don't think I'll ever get to grips with gardening .Spent most of yesterday at the vets cocoa was attacked by a black tom today but shes ok now.

Swamp cypress are native to the bayous and boggy places in the Deep Southern US. The knees and broad rootbases add character and granduer to them. Like the European Larch, Taxodium are also deciduous. The needles turn a bright brown, linger for a long time, then drop on the first storms of winter.
They have also been grown into spectacular bonsai!

Wow! Bonsai knees would be amazing!

lol ;)

That is crazy looking!

A Bonsai swamp would be a thing indeed!

Not half, P!

clever tree:)

I'm very disappointed......I was going with the baby Ents:-(

Yes me too Ba!
They would have been very interesting to meet!