{"id":617,"date":"2015-02-17T17:23:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T17:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kigo.se.vkube.cloud\/?page_id=617"},"modified":"2019-03-20T14:39:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T14:39:42","slug":"blue-bench-area","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.arboretum-norr.se\/en\/the-arboretum-in-baggbole\/kvarnangen\/blue-bench-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Bench Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The inner parts of Kvarn\u00e4ngen were not too long ago almost impregnable due to the thick cover of trees and shrubs. Both native species and the planted Hungarian lilacs (Syringa josikaea<\/em>) were taking over the area. To make things worse, excess water from the slope above had also made the ground below waterlogged.<\/p>\n

In 2009 we started a project to adress these two major problems. We started with extensive cutting and thinning to make the area more accessible for our visitors. During june-august we have youths doing summer work in the arboretum. This time they were given the task of digging trenches along the border of Kvarn\u00e4ngen and Siberia which was a work in progress at the time. This was done to adress the problem with waterlogging. In an effort to make this place easier to manage we tried to level the ground as much as possible, added a topsoil layer and planted grass seeds. This in turn made it possible to cut the area with a lawn mower, saving both time and energy. Lots of new interesting trees and bushes have been planted here during the following years as well.<\/p>\n

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Bakgrunden till Bl\u00e5 b\u00e4nken \u00e4r att en massa tegel fr\u00e5n de arbetarbost\u00e4der som l\u00e5g p\u00e5 platsen under s\u00e5gverksepoken i mitten av 1800-talet, hittades i marken n\u00e4r vi gr\u00e4vde diken. Mikael \u00d6hman (bilden) fick id\u00e9n att g\u00f6ra en stens\u00e4ttning av dem runt en av de stora pilarna vi just r\u00f6jt fram.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Allmanhetens<\/a>

Public workday autumn 2011<\/p><\/div>\n

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D\u00e5 allt arbete av h\u00e4nsyn till de planterade tr\u00e4den f\u00e5tt ske manuellt har det lagts ned \u00e5tskilliga arbetstimmar i detta omr\u00e5de. Mestadels \u00e4r det flera \u00e5rskullar av sommarjobbande sexton\u00e5ringar som Ume\u00e5 kommun v\u00e4lvilligt st\u00e4llt till v\u00e5rt f\u00f6rfogande, som har bidragit med muskelkraften, men vi vill ocks\u00e5 rikta v\u00e5rt varma tack till medlemmar i v\u00e5r v\u00e4nf\u00f6rening som ocks\u00e5 har lagt mycket tid p\u00e5 detta projekt.<\/p>\n

\"smultrongran\"<\/a>

I f\u00f6rgrunden syns smultrongranens (Picea abies<\/em> ‘Cruenta’) r\u00f6da \u00e5rsskott tillsammans med en Forsythia ‘Northern Gold’ (Forsythia europaea \u00d7 ovata<\/em>) och i bakgrunden n\u00e5gra av v\u00e5r h\u00e4nggranar (Picea abies f. pendula<\/em>).<\/p><\/div>\n

\"gullgran\"<\/a>

Gullgranen (Picea abies ‘Aurea’<\/em>) f\u00f6rgyller arboretet med sina guldgula skott under 3-4 veckor varje v\u00e5r.<\/p><\/div>\n

Idag \u00e4r omr\u00e5det runt \u201dBl\u00e5 b\u00e4nken\u201d ett av de allra vackraste och popul\u00e4raste i arboretet. De dominerande tr\u00e4den \u00e4r silverpilarna (Salix alba var. sericea<\/em>) som \u00a035 \u00e5r efter groning har n\u00e5tt en h\u00f6jd av ca 20 m och stamdiametrar av upp till 50 cm i br\u00f6sth\u00f6jd. Det \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 runt en av dessa som sj\u00e4lva den bl\u00e5 b\u00e4nken har byggts. I detta omr\u00e5de finns ocks\u00e5 huvuddelen av v\u00e5r samling av olika avvikande och s\u00e4rpr\u00e4glade granformer (mutationer av v\u00e5r vanliga gran Picea abies<\/em>, se bilder och bildtexter).<\/p>\n

\"granar\"<\/a>

Kvarn\u00e4ngen ett par veckor in i juni m\u00e5nad. V\u00e5r nordh\u00e4gg (Prunus padus ssp. borealis <\/em>‘Laila’) st\u00e5r i full blom, gullgranen \u00e4r fortfarande t\u00e4ckt av gula skott medan smultrongranen till v\u00e4nster n\u00e4stan har \u00e5terg\u00e5tt till sin normala gr\u00f6na f\u00e4rg.<\/p><\/div>\n

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