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Do you think blue ash would grow well up here? We’re pretty far NE from its native range. I’ve read that it has shown the best resilience to EAB although maybe that’s just a case of them preferring other ash first. Maybe the chemical that helps produce the blue dye inside the bark isn’t very appetizing?

My green ash trees are producing a decent amount of seeds. Haven’t checked the sugar maple yet. But we have plenty of the ash and red maples if you need any to spread out there before winter. Maybe the shrubby willow is pussywillow?

Tamarack holding me to a higher standard of information. Largest edible fruit tree native to the US (some sources say continent).

I have a bunch of pawpaw seedlings started as well. They can handle zone 5 temps and are native to S MI and W NY...we'll see how they do in C NH this winter. They produce the largest fruit from any tree native to the US. They tend to grow as an understory in river and stream bottoms and can handle the occasional wet feet flooding. It's about as close to a tropical fruit tree as we get near this latitude of North America. I can't wait to get fruit from mine. omnomnom

Oops...was thinking black gum as the native. The trees at Lowes were definitely sweetgum though. As for the bald cypress, apparently there's a healthy one all the way up in Jefferson, NH. https://extension.unh.edu/fwt/bigtrees/admin/reports/report_docs/bigtree_rep_champ.cfm A vertical height of 21ft isn't exactly "big" though. If anyone wants some northern catalpa come on over and get some. They need to be transplanted from one of my big fabric pots. It's cost Legro a NWS weighing gauge though.

Our Lowes actually had some american sweetgum trees this spring. They're native to our area. I'm trying some dawn redwoods in pots from seed...they're another zone 5 tweener that can handle some wetter periods. Everything I've seen on bald cypress is zone 4 or higher, but I'll defer to tamarack on that for real world verification. I like the red maple idea. You could just get some basic native red maple from arbor day... https://shop.arborday.org/shade-trees ...or just check the 1/2 off sales at the box stores in the coming weeks. Or find one you like this fall somewhere and try to dig it up and transplant it when it goes dormant. I've had trouble transplanting trees into wet areas in the cold season though. You'd need to support it well.

I have some willows that really soak up the excess water. Eek suggested bald cypress to me once. That would be really good in a swampy location and the flare of the trunk can get pretty interesting near standing water.

Kettlehead in my backyard is right off exit 19 on 93 and you can scoot back on at exit 20 in tilton. Just throwin another one out there. https://kettleheadbrewing.com

I planted mine in early June of 2017. Then and 3 years later.

I have like 25-30 bees at any one time on my bee balm patch right now.

I’m tempted to purchase one of these. Flowering most of the summer with varying shades of different colors as they age...supposedly independent of any soil acidity amendments. https://www.wilsonbrosgardens.com/everlasting-revolution-hydrangea-3-gal.html

#blamephin

I think I had 63.3". I'll have to tally it up later. I've been lazy with my climo data averages this year. I have 61.1" in Kevinma's snow table, but I don't think I put the 2.2" from May in there.

Well I average similar and had 33".

Well I was looking at it differently...near even chances of snow without the bone chilling cold. Probably less of a likelihood of losing out versus locations to my south as well.

I think I’d rather take my chances with +1 up here.

They should’ve just filmed at Mark Motors.

There must be plenty of oaks without leaves in Tolland and Moosup.

Nope. Not fenced. But the deer get to other plants on the property. I have a patch of sweet clover growing tall that they love. They’ve nipped back my yellow birch and bocking 4 comfrey too.

Here’s my autumn blaze. Lookin’ good close to the run. It probably has some roots feeding into that endomycorrhizal fungi under my 1ft deep wood chips in the run. And yeah, there’s a little cloud iridescence above the trees. It looked more clearly like a rainbow in person.

https://sheffields.com/seeds-for-sale/Juglans/nigra/////Northern//762/Black-Walnut,-Eastern-Black-Walnut/Black-Walnut,-Eastern-Black-Walnut I’d give them the soak and then put them in a ziplock bag with some moist (not wet) peat moss and just store them in the back of your fridge. Every once in awhile check them for signs of mold. At some point in the spring they may start germinating in the fridge or you can pull them when the chance of frost is gone and store the bag somewhere safe outside away from critters. Or you can pot them up or directly seed them even if they haven’t started germinating yet and they’ll do their thing eventually. You can directly seed some now too if you protect them from rodents above and below ground. Then they can cold stratify naturally all winter and then start rooting first thing in the spring when nature tells them they’re ready. These nut trees put out strong, deep taproots so direct seeding is really the way to go for the healthiest tree. They’ll be more drought resistant too and you don’t have to worry about transplant shock.

I was going to guess black walnut, but knew it once I saw the leaves/leaflets. I had been wanting to grow some, but they produce a chemical called juglone which is toxic to many other plants and trees. I'm torn. lol I guess I could grow some in tree pots and then decide later what to do with them.

103/-9 for a 1% RH at the Twenty Nine Palms ASOS right now. Sounds like a nice place.

A gall is what I was thinking...hence the thin and hollow question.

If I did western PA, Erie would be tempting. You have a straight shot south to visit Pit or could head NE for Buff or W for Cleveland. Right by the lake too.