Laurelin and Telperion - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Might · 07-03-2011, 05:52 AM

Thank you all for your replies!

I agree, the laburnum does seem to resemble Laurelin very well and it looks nice as well.

As far as Telperion is concerned I read on a German Tolkien wiki that its leaves were dark-green on the top and silver-grey on the bottom. I don't know if this detail matches the poplar or one of the cherry trees. Still some good ideas for this as well!

And no, we don't have any animals around so toxic trees are ok as long as they look good.

Galin · 07-03-2011, 07:16 AM

Well, I should probably add just a bit more detail to: leaves 'like a beech' (a bit vague)...

'The other bore leaves of a young green like the new-opened beech; their edges were of glittering gold. Flowers swung upon her branches in clusters of yellow flame, formed each to a glowing horn that spilled a golden rain upon the ground; and from the blossom of that tree there came forth warmth and a great light.' Silmarillion

Tolkien must have loved the beech I think, considering various references in his works; and its influence, in part, in the mallorn trees as well.

Faramir Jones · 08-08-2011, 06:29 AM

The Might,

That's a very nice idea. In terms of which trees might be best for Laurelin and Telperion, the Tolkien Society and the Mythopoeic Society paid for two trees to be planted in the University Parks in Oxford in 1992, the centenery of Tolkien's birth. The tree chosen for Telperion was a silver-leafed Maple (on the right) and for Laurelin a False Acacia (on the left):

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~tolksoc/Tolki...two_trees.html

07-03-2011, 05:52 AM	#1
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Thank you all for your replies! I agree, the laburnum does seem to resemble Laurelin very well and it looks nice as well. As far as Telperion is concerned I read on a German Tolkien wiki that its leaves were dark-green on the top and silver-grey on the bottom. I don't know if this detail matches the poplar or one of the cherry trees. Still some good ideas for this as well! And no, we don't have any animals around so toxic trees are ok as long as they look good. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

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Faramir Jones Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lonely Isle Posts: 706	This might be of assistance The Might, That's a very nice idea. In terms of which trees might be best for Laurelin and Telperion, the Tolkien Society and the Mythopoeic Society paid for two trees to be planted in the University Parks in Oxford in 1992, the centenery of Tolkien's birth. The tree chosen for Telperion was a silver-leafed Maple (on the right) and for Laurelin a False Acacia (on the left): http://users.ox.ac.uk/~tolksoc/Tolki...two_trees.html

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07-03-2011, 07:16 AM	#2
Galin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,036	Well, I should probably add just a bit more detail to: leaves 'like a beech' (a bit vague)... 'The other bore leaves of a young green like the new-opened beech; their edges were of glittering gold. Flowers swung upon her branches in clusters of yellow flame, formed each to a glowing horn that spilled a golden rain upon the ground; and from the blossom of that tree there came forth warmth and a great light.' Silmarillion Tolkien must have loved the beech I think, considering various references in his works; and its influence, in part, in the mallorn trees as well.