What's up with the weird trees in South Carolina?

 
Actually, the trees in South Carolina are quite lovely. They are beautiful and practical. They arch over the road and make for a lovely, shady drive.

 

They grow wild and crazy, overrun with moss. Their limbs are all twisted like some huge maze. So maybe it's not the trees in South Carolina that are weird. Maybe it's the people who take care of them.

 

Like this beauty. Possibly struck by lightening or suffering from some fungus, someone went to a lot of trouble to build a brick wall inside of this tree.
I don't know. It seems like a lot of work. Wouldn't it have been easier to remove the tree altogether? It wasn't attached to anything. There was no placard stating the significance of the tree. I wonder why someone thought this was the best way to keep the tree from falling over. Oh...and that's Doc Loveshack demonstrating how hard those bricks really are. Ouch!

 

Or lets take a look at this lovely little guy. Beautiful palmetto -- the State tree of South Carolina. But don't you think someone some day is going to need to use that parking spot? Can you imagine someone pulling in late and thinking there's an open spot, only to find a tree beat them to it? Again, who thought this would be a better solution? I know how a parking lot goes in...and it's a lot easier to remove/move the tree than to pave around it and deal with the maintenance.

Those silly South Carolina Gardeners and their trees. They make me laugh.