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WHICH TREE IS BEST?

Here are some of my favourite garden trees for every situation and size of garden

CLAY SOIL

BIG GARDEN Oak (Quercus robur, above); sessile oak

(Quercus petraea); tulip tree

(Liriodendron tulipifera). MEDIUM GARDEN Holly (Ilex aquifolium); saucer magnolia

(Magnolia soulangeana). SMALL GARDEN Crab apple

(Malus); cockspur hawthorn

(Crataegus crus galli).

SANDY SOIL

BIG GARDEN Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris); sweet chestnut

(Castanea sativa).

MEDIUM GARDEN Paper birch

(Betula papyrifera); honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos).

SMALL GARDEN Japanese maple (Acer japonicum,

below); Irish juniper

(Juniperus communis ‘Hibernica’).

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