Is bonsai getting harder?

[leatherback]

The truth is undoubtedly clouded by political bias. "Scientists" on both "sides" of the "debate" have been caught fudging the numbers to fit their narrative.

 

[Gabler]

I simply can never make heads or tails out of this issue. There is clearly climate change - but there has been climate change for billions of years. Mankind is contributing to this - but how much? Personally, I'm looking forward to growing tropicals in NY.

My own trees did seem to enjoy the mild winter we had this past year. They were all very healthy this spring, including the Japanese maples, which usually struggle much more with late frosts than my native trees.