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09-09-2006, 04:11 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Sacha[_1_]
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Problem Cherry Tree.
On 9/9/06 15:03, in article
, "Malcolm"
wrote:
snip A noted plantsman (and noted ornithologist) called Collingwood Ingram
was nicknamed 'Cherry' Ingram because of a life-long passion for them.
He collected plants in many different parts of the world, and is
credited with introducing some 50 cherry species and varieties to the
UK. He wrote a book called 'Ornamental Cherries', published in 1948. He
once said to me that cherry trees didn't live nearly long enough -
c.40-50 years comes to mind - and that he wished he had chosen a
different tree to specialise in. He was well into his 90s when he said
that; he died aged 100.
People can be a bit snobbish about flowering cherries but I think they're
spectacular especially, when, if there's space, they're planted as a small
grove. In my old Jersey garden I inherited two (which were already dying
back) and the sight of that bright pink blossom against a bright blue sky
has remained with me always.
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