Temperate cold regions, how do we cope.

[Bush bunny]

Thanks Sno, I believe also in buying trees for their historical interests. Such as the cedar Himilayian, or Indian. Forgive me guys and gals for not putting their Latin names. I have them, but when I studied Palaeoanthropology and Archaeology at Uni, I had problems with their Latin names too. My tutor tried to get me to pronounce the names slowly. Gingkos where in Buddhist temples, Indian Cedar was worshiped by the Hindu as the tree of the Gods.

Anyway, I am preparing a fairy garden. With small Hobbit houses, and of course small trees, and rocks. But in a specially prepared garden plot just outside the back door. Plus solar lights. I was also thinking of an bonsai aquascape. My youngest son, is into this and has some marvellous aquascapes, using drift wood draped with aqua moss to mimic leaves, and rocks with aquarium plants and algae, special colored sand. I was thinking of doing this too. But he has fish in his.

So it appears if we know our environment or micro-environment, we should be wary of climate changes or sudden frosts and heat waves, and all should go well. I take hints of how the trees in the wild are behaving too. Some are now budding. But my English elm doesn't seem to have many buds swelling, hope it isn't dead it is one of my favorites.

[Laurie J]

Agriculture production and horticulture at TAFE
Palaeoanthropology and Archaeology at Uni

Sounds like you're somewhat of an expert! Looking forward to some more insightful posts from you, this thread is very interesting!

[Bush bunny]

That doesn't surprise me one bit, but when they say survived they don't mean the whole tree, but the seeds sprouted afterwards. Some of our natives need heat to germinate. But thanks for the link. Very interesting.

[shibui]

But my English elm doesn't seem to have many buds swelling, hope it isn't dead it is one of my favorites.

Don't worry yet. English elm are amongst the last to shoot in spring. Zelkova is even later.

[Bush bunny]

Hi, I thought I had replied to your last post. Yes it was interesting but I am not surprised. When they said that gingkos were the only species to survive the holocaust, they were really mean the seeds. Not the tree. But our natives need to be heated before germinating. Gud one.