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Why the paulownia may be the tree of the future
为什么泡桐可能是未来之树

The paulownia, or empress tree, is good at surviving drought and hosepipe bans. Others may need your help
泡桐,或称皇后树,擅长在干旱中生存。而其他的树可能需要你特别浇灌。
Paulownia tomentosa

As soon as the British drought began to unwind, gardeners were hit with a ban on hosepipes. Why is there not a ban on watering golf courses? Golf is said to have begun in Scotland as a game played on a sandy beach. If the climate is intensifying, should we stop watering greens and fairways and return the game to its dry roots in history? One well-watered golf course equates to hundreds of watered beds of plants.

英国的干旱一开始,园丁们就受到了禁止使用软管的打击。为什么不禁止在高尔夫球场浇水?据说高尔夫起源于苏格兰的沙滩上。如果气候恶化,我们是否应该停止浇灌果林和球道,让这项运动回到它干燥的历史根源?一个精心浇灌的高尔夫球场相当于数百个浇灌的植物床。

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