On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:23:30 GMT, jayjay
wrote:

I am going to see my new grandchild in Aberdeen next week. I am
thinking of buying a rose tree or something that we can plant to mark
her birth. Have you any suggestions but not too outlandish, as I
only have access to quite ordinary garden centres. What grows in
Aberdeen, climbing roses? magnolias?
dwarf flowering cherries? what do you think?

I think it's a *lovely* idea. Unfortunately have no suggestions for
Aberdeen, but I'd choose something long-lived and hardy that can
reliably be "Susan's Tree" for years to come.