Re: perennials DIGEST V3 #382

Claire, I am surprised you find Tricolored Beech in your zone 4.  This is a 
rare tree to find around here. I knew of only one mature but it was lost in a 
storm last year.  I know of several who have had them only a year or two.  It 
will burn in the summer heat and must be in a protected location and I have 
only seen it growing as a understory tree.  We have one nursery who carry 
this but also very pricey.  I would love to have one but I am not protected 
from the strong winds nor have other trees that would provide protection.  
They are a beautiful tree.
    In our community we have a former nursery location, now a highly desired, 
for sale, empty acreage on a major traveled road.  The kicker is the land was 
a family owned nursery for several generations (trees and lilacs were the 
specialty). There are several trees which are recorded as the largest in our 
state and a couple which are the largest in the midwest.  We had no city 
ordnance  to protect them until a developer was in the process of purchasing 
the land.  With the help of the DNR and other concerned agencies, the city 
quickly passed an ordinance (this is the first in our state) thru the process 
and now this is in a big legal battle with the current owner forced to sue 
the city, the buyer suing the owner, etc.  A beech, I don't know the variety 
but not a tricolor, is one of the trees they are trying to save.  It has been 
cabled for several years.
    Ceres, Iowa, zone 4/5

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