Heritage Edition No.14: Elm Trees for Legacy

Johannes Hofer, a Swiss Physician, coined the term nostalgia in 1688. Taken from the Greek nostos (homecoming) and algos (pain), it was used to describe a pathological homesickness. Yet nostalgia is a positive emotion. It’s the warm fuzzies felt when seeing a board game from childhood for the first time in years, smelling a scent that brings forth memories of a long forgotten love, or hearing that song from that Spring.

Trees spark nostalgia, too. They have us longing for the warmer, lazy days of Springs past, where daylight hours seemingly stretched on and the world was full of beauty.

Large decorative Heritage Elm Tree with beautiful lush foliage at the Hideaway, Southland.

This week’s trees can certainly do that. From the Harrison Heritage range, they add an instant nostalgia to any landscape, evoking those same warm fuzzy feelings. Importantly, they won’t make you feel homesick. Instead, they make you feel like you are home…and that’s a truly beautiful feeling.

ULMUS glabra 'Horizontalis' - Horizontal Spreading Elm from heritage grade, 400L container, 2.8-3m height, 12+ years old.
Beautiful Horizontal Spreading Elms from heritage grade, 5000L, in full blossom at Easy Big Trees Nursery.
Lush green foliage of the Spreading Elm from heritage grade, 5000L, in full blossom at Easy Big Trees Nursery.
Nice garden with a Horizontal Spreading Elm tree 400L, in Gibbston Valley, Queenstown, supplied by Easy Big Trees.
Horizontal Spreading Elm tree in Spring blossom at Queens Park, Invercargill.
Horizontal Spreading Elm in 5000L container, 30+ years old before going to a happy customer.
ULMUS glabra 'Pendula' - Weeping Elm in blossom from heritage grade, 400L container, 2.8-3m height, 12+ years old.
Beautiful view of two Weeping Elm Trees at Blanket Bay, Glenorchy, with snowy mountains and a blue lake in the background.
Ulmus glabra pendula - Weeping Elm trees in Cromwell, supplied by Easy Big Trees.
Barney Harrison with one Weeping Elm tree delivered to Ayrburn, Arrowtown and the tree planted at the venue garden.
Testimonial from Adrienne, Easy Big Trees customer from Dunedin.
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