Want to plant a tree? Consider ‘climate-smart’ ones that can take our future heat | George Weigel
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A changing climate is behind some of the troubles the region has been experiencing lately in conifer health.
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Our climate isn’t like it was a generation ago, and our plants are showing it – especially trees.
Many of Pennsylvania’s recent tree demises – from diseases on spruce and firs to branch diebacks on Japanese maples to “mysterious” deaths of sugar maples – are directly or indirectly related to climate changes.
And it’s not just warmer temperatures, as we saw during last year’s hottest month ever in July, or the string of recent record-setting warm years.
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Posted Feb 18, 2021
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New owner for Lancaster’s Conestoga House
Lancaster’s historic Conestoga House and nearly eight acres of gardens, topiaries, hanging baskets, and tropical pots are set to reopen this spring under new ownership.
The one-time Colonial tavern at 1608 Marietta Ave. sold at auction last year to the Lancaster-based Ecklin Development Group, which specializes in redeveloping historic downtowns.
Ecklin bought the property for a reported $755,000 from the James Hale Steinman Conestoga House Foundation and plans to keep it open to public touring as well as private events.