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The city of Krolevets, in Ukraine’s Sumy region, is home to the world’s most unique apple garden, consisting of only one tree. Spanning 10 acres, the 220-year-old tree – known as ‘apple tree colony’ – has dozens of individually rooted trunks that constantly spring to life, making it seemingly impossible to die. 乌克兰苏梅地区的克罗列韦茨市The tree seems to have worked out a brilliant survival strategy, and it looks prepared to survive for centuries to come. It started off as a regular tree, but as it aged, its branches bent so low to the ground that they started to take root as well. Every time one of the ingrown trunks dies, its branches immediately bend to the ground and take root. It had only nine trunks in 1970, but that number had doubled by 2008. 这棵苹果树似乎有一套独特的生长机制，再活上几百年也不是问题。它原本是棵普通的树，年复一年，枝条却渐渐低垂，扎根在了土中。每当一条枝干枯萎，便会有枝条低垂入土。1970年时，扎根的枝干只有9条，到了2008年，这个数字竟翻了一番。 Today, the tree-garden has several main trunks and dozens of rooted branches springing from each of them. It blooms every year, during the regular season, but its pink flowers are only visible on half the tree, while the other half rests. Its apples – locally known as Lozovka – are medium-sized and sweet with a slightly tart taste. | 
