The leaves are starting to turn as Autumn puts on its beautiful display in the National Pinetum over the next few weeks.
Conifers provide a perfect green backdrop for the spectacular autumn colour. Look out for the bumper crop of berries and cones. The cold winter and lack of spring frost has resulted in a 'mast' year (contrary to popular belief, an abundance of berries doesn't necessarily mean a hard winter to come). While natural regeneration happens all the time, we generally get the best results if we propagate from collected seed, as we carefully document its origin and ensure wherever possible that we use seeds from different locations and habitats in order to create a broad gene pool.
