A correction and a further question. 1. The American chestnut tree is not alive in people's yards in the USA - that is 99% of the time a Chinese (mollissima) chestnut, bred for thousands of years to be an orchard tree. We don't need to question whether we should save the habitat and screw the species by substituting mollissima in the forest because it won't reach high enough to compete. Occasionally it might be Japanese (crenata) and extremely rarely henryi or seguinei or some hybrid in yards. 2. Most friends and acquaintances who tried to grow Franklinia described it as a shrub that dies unexpectedly for no apparent reason, but one person who had the most magnificent specimen I had ever seen told me you have to keep it away from Rhododendron sp. because they harbor a virus that kills Franklinia. If anyone can corroborate or deny that, I would be grateful. (I lost all mine unexpectedly for no apparent reason.) On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 6:23 PM Marc Rosenblum via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > On 10/3/2022 1:31 PM, Tim Eck via pbs wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 2:27 PM Aad van Beek <avbeek1@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> No clue what it has to do with "Wild collecting". But in greater scheme > of > >> things. Dinosaurs got extinct but the world is still spinning. Guess if > we > >> don't hybridize the American chestnut with Asian Chestnut or insert some > >> genes it could get extinct from blight. But that would not stop the > world > >> from spinning either. > >> > >> Aad > > > Both the American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) and the Ben Franklin Tree > (Franklinia alatamaha) are functionally extinct in the wild. Both are > thriving, and much enjoyed, in home gardens. > > Dissemination and cultivation are endangered species' best protection > against extinction! > > Reintroduction to a plant's native habitat [where practicable] is also > conducive to preservation. > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…