On 9/9/06 16:35, in article , "Malcolm"
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In article , Sacha
writes
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.

We've got a little grove of them, two of which produce nice fruit, too
:-)

And I bet they look wonderful! In that same garden I had five silver
birches planted quite close together and some friends of mine who then lived
in quite a large place on Dartmoor came to stay. They strolled up the
garden one morning and came in for breakfast saying "we've walked through
the forest". ;-)
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/