[Magdalen] Monterey fire?

[Jay Weigel]

​Our summer color is provided by Japanese plum and Japanese maples​
(horrors! imports!) and our "Forest Pansy" variety of redbud. We have black
walnuts on our property and Japanese maples are supposed to be immune to
them; however, we have found that they are not, and we think the reason is
that the Japanese maples are grafted onto regular maple rootstock, which
isn't in the least immune to juglone, the black walnut poison.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Charles Wohlers <
charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

> Well, we have plenty of American beech.
>
> There are crab apples which have reddish foliage, but of course they are
> smaller trees.
>
> Since we have woods all around us, we don't really need ornamental trees.
> One thing we do have in abundance is large balsam firs - think several
> dozen White House Christmas trees surrounding your house.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 12:31 AM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Monterey fire?
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> In a message dated 9/22/2015 11:40:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net writes:
>
> No - to  quote the notice for the State of Vermont: "prohibit the sale and
> movement/distribution of Norway maple (Acer platanoides)". No cultivars
> are
> excepted - after all, the grafted trees will produce regular old  Norway
>
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> This is too bad, though OTOH, New England is a bit harsh for the
> Crimson and the Harlequin cultivars.  I know they do not do well  in
> Northern Wisconsin.
>
> Guess Vermonters will need to plant Copper [European] Beech to get
> the summer color, though once again the climate may be borderline.
> These trees are a good deal more expensive, too.
>
>
>
> David Strang.
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