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https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/heightrecords/gbr/
I don't recall being in Betws when it wasn't raining, if that helps explain it.
On the subject of giant imported trees liking the UK, the tallest trees in the UK are a group of Douglas Firs in Wales, near Betws-Y-Coed https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/heightrecords/gbr/ I don't recall being in Betws when it wasn't raining, if that helps explain it.
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me m8 dave can provide the fire so long as the old bill doesn't find out about it (lad's on magistrate's orders to not have matches)
> these seedlings will die as the duff dries in the summer Again the myth of Prometheus, "they need fire, burn, burn, burn"... Yawn. may die --On California-- UK is a little more humid. Sequoiadendron grows happy in most temperate areas, including most of Spain. Segovia has some of the tallest trees out of USA, and is a hot place on summer. We have also a few small Sequioadendron forests on the North of Spain since 1…
On the subject of giant imported trees liking the UK, the tallest trees in the UK are a group of Douglas Firs in Wales, near Betws-Y-Coed https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/heightrecords/gbr/ I don't recall being in Betws when it wasn't raining, if that helps explain it.
Funnily enough my one trip there was absolutely gorgeous weather with no rain.
That's funny! I once received a gift: Grow Your Own Giant Sequoia
It was a little pot with soil, and a (allegedly) sequoia seed
Just plant it and wait 200 years 8-)
"[Each Sequoiadendron tree] can potentially pull an average of 85 kilograms of carbon out of the atmosphere per year". I will try to remind this phrase, specially the per year part.
Or about one air passenger trip to Europe. ("just plant trees" is not a viable solution to climate change unless you can plant a very large number of trees which live to maturity)
"There are an estimated half a million -->redwoods giant sequoias (arrows mine) Giant Sequoias ( Sequoiadendron giganteum ) and Coast Redwoods ( Sequoia sempervirens ) are two different trees! Note: It seems that my California nomenclature uses "Redwood" to refer specifically to Coast Redwoods, whereas other regions use "Redwood" to refer to all 3 species of Sequoioideae (Coast Redwood, Giant Sequoia, and Dawn Redwoo…
So that doesn't really clear up the issue. I think it is safe to say that there are some sodding large trees in the UK that originated from the US. Many of them will grow really, really tall. Given that there are "only" 80K S. "Big buggers" in the US and around 0.5M assorted "Redwoods" in the UK, there is a good chance that there are more S. "Rather large" here than there. Ours are the result of deliberate collection and planting. We also have a large number of Monkey puzzle trees too which I think originate from S. Americas.
Just up the road from here: http://www.redwoodworld.co.uk/picturepages/yeovil.htm
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me m8 dave can provide the fire so long as the old bill doesn't find out about it (lad's on magistrate's orders to not have matches)
> these seedlings will die as the duff dries in the summer Again the myth of Prometheus, "they need fire, burn, burn, burn"... Yawn. may die --On California-- UK is a little more humid. Sequoiadendron grows happy in most temperate areas, including most of Spain. Segovia has some of the tallest trees out of USA, and is a hot place on summer. We have also a few small Sequioadendron forests on the North of Spain since 1…
The places these trees grow naturally are not naturally fire prone. Go look at any lightning strike map.
Invasive species?