tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post8369263129540954426..comments2023-11-26T17:19:22.499+00:00Comments on RAMBLES FROM MY CHAIR: Dutch Elm DiseaseScriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-30437574488478461102009-02-26T06:31:00.000+00:002009-02-26T06:31:00.000+00:00Yes Don, in a way I should have been more positive...Yes Don, in a way I should have been more positive and pointed put that many of the town ones were replaced but regrettably a lot were not. They were mostly replaced with alien species that grew not too tall and looked rather out of place. In the countryside many of them were in the hedgerows and any attempt by the hedgerow to grow natural replacements like Oak and so on were cut down by the blades of the modern hedge trimmers.<BR/><BR/>Elms themselves can occasionally be found as shrubs in the hedges (as at the bottom of my younger daughter's garden in Exeter) but as soon as they reach about ten foot they once again succumb to the disease. No 'cure' for the disease - a fungus carried by beetles - has yet been found.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-27601851584027344602009-02-26T01:55:00.000+00:002009-02-26T01:55:00.000+00:00I remember this awful tree killer from my years in...I remember this awful tree killer from my years in Colorado. This horrible disease killed many of our trees through the years. It is a sad thing to witness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-8311394335639188802009-02-26T01:20:00.000+00:002009-02-26T01:20:00.000+00:00That is sad, and I'm sorry for your loss remembere...That is sad, and I'm sorry for your loss remembered. Visiting Colorado over the last 5 to 10 years I've seen damage caused by burrowing beetles, but for the whole nation to lose a source of its natural beauty is sad.<BR/><BR/>Updates? Replanting? Reforestation efforts?Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070578562535678950noreply@blogger.com