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Great to know they grow here. We were just discussing the other day in our writing group about planting cork trees here because of the changing climate and growing number of vineyards!

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The best ones are in the south west of England and Ireland, but they seem to do well in most places.

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We were thinking in Sussex near the vineyards here!

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I’m sure they’d do OK, although not sure whether they would thrive on chalk. In Portugal it takes about 50 years before you can harvest cork suitable for wine bottle corks... so better start planting soon!

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Good point re chalk! And needing to plan ahead!

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That is a fine tree, and thanks for the close-up of the bark/cork. I love that it was planted in front of a Cork Factory!

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I know, how special is that!

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