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Cold- and drought-resistant trees

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If your garden experiences harsh winters and dry summers, you will find here trees that can withstand both cold and lack of water. Once well rooted, they withstand severe frosts and need no watering. Plant them as specimen trees, in an informal hedge or to shade a terrace. These trees will nevertheless need regular watering during their first few years.

Among deciduous trees, honey locust ‘Ruby Lace’ provides light shade beneath its fine foliage, which changes from purple to bronze. Hardy down to -25 °C, it tolerates poor or chalky soils, even when dry in summer. If you are looking for denser cover, white mulberry ‘Fruitless’ also has the advantage of growing quickly and producing no messy fruit. Deeper soil, even if chalky, makes it possible to grow Osage orange, or Maclura pomifera, little known but of interest for its fruiting and great hardiness. Trees such as plane, holm oak and Mediterranean hackberry are both hardy and water-wise. In poor, sunny soil, conifers for dry soil will enable you to discover other evergreen species.

Our article "7 Trees Resistant to Cold and Drought" will help you choose according to the space available and the nature of your soil.

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