Flowers may grow so incredibly high, as the Beatles once sang, but trees — not so much.
Actually, a pine tree planted in Los Angeles a decade ago to honor former Beatle George Harrison reached a height of 12 feet before succumbing recently.
To an infestation. Of beetles.
"No one I think is in my tree" — a line from the song "Strawberry Fields Forever" — wouldn't seem to apply.
"Trees in Griffith Park have occasionally been the victims of bark beetles and ladybug beetles, among other tree-unfriendly creatures," the Los Angeles Times reports.
A plaque at the base of the tree commemorates Harrison not only as a leading musician, but as an artist and avid gardener.
Tom LaBonge, a member of the Los Angeles City Council, said a tree will be replanted in its place, even though Harrison titled his 1970 album All Things Must Pass.
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