Hi folks! Here is this years survival and growing report from northern sweden. Due to a slow development on several of my bigger trees i tried putting some fertilizer round the trees this year(spring). The winter was wierd a lot of snow early almost before the ground was frozen. and long periods that was colder than usual. A nice spring with no late frost after the trees leafing out. Som of the fully hardy speices had diffucultys this winter ,a 15 year red crabapple half tree died?, Euonymus alatus 15 years one out of two died same soil conditions the other one healthy as ever?. 5 yaer Pear half tree dead. Now to the fun stuff the maples! A platanoides ´royal red' ok a. platanoides schwedlerii ok a.platanoides lorbergii ok a. platanoides drummondii ok a. platanoides 'golden globe' alot of dieback almost dead, but recoverd well. a.platanoides 'nowush' no problem a.pseudoplatanus atropurpureum ok a. pseudoplatanus brilliantissimum this one is making me crazy! no dieback but it burns the leafs every spring and they all die, second flush no problem? why? why? slow growt due to the leaf problem. a.pseudoplatanus 'eskimo sunset' ok a pseudoplatanus 'simon louis freres' ok no problem with sunburn, wierd becouse of the simularity of the brilliantissimum when leafing out. all a. shirasawanums all are ok and growing a lot! a.shirasawanum yasmin ok and growing strong. a triflorum ok and finaly growing strong 0'5 m a. tegmentosum ok growing strong. a japonicum ok growing strong a. japonicum aconitifolium top dieback growing strong. a.negundo ok a. negundo varigatum dead, flamingo dead,aureomarginatum dead a. sieboldianum ok a pseudosieboldianum ok a griseum top dieback ,growing strong this one i´m proud of! a.rubrum ok a .ginnala ok a. tataricum ok a. sacharinum ok a. barbinerve ok a. campestre ok a. davidii dead a.circinatum monroe hard dieback recovered well. a. carpinifolium ok growing well a. japonicum ozakizuki top dieback vigorus regrowt. many new ones in the ground this year tschenokoskii rupripes, micranthum mm The rest of my japonicums are stored in the basment and has not been outside during the winter. trying cuttings from ukurunduense ,will repport later. happy summer everybody! Andre'
