Plant removals in England (and beyond). Rhododendrons In England, the rhododendron moves from the south to the north. A trend that is visible in gardens and nature across Europe. In nature, there is a northward movement of plants — not because of human activity, like in the United Kingdom, but because they adapt themselves to the conditions. Plant seeds naturally fly north. “It's a massive migration due to climate change.”

In some parts of southern England, the rhododendrons have struggled. Although the plant survives there, it does not thrive as well in the south, a gardener in Yorkshire tells the British newspaper The Guardian. In Surrey, just south of London, the average annual average is 14 degrees Celsius; in North Yorkshire, near Leeds, it is an average of two degrees cooler.

Preferred temperature In 2018, Wageningen University studied their preferred temperature for many plant species. At that time, the Netherlands turned out to be too warm for around a hundred plant species. At the same time, the Netherlands will be suitable for a thousand southern species, which may now thrive worse in Southern Europe.

Source: NRC

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