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"Bob Hobden" writes:
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| The Monkey Puzzle Tree is a favourite of mine too, there is an excellent one
| just near the Orangery at Kew but I'm not so sure one would be a good idea
| in a public park these days, some little darling might prick themselves.
| :-(

Oh, GOOD! For sheer viciousness, our native barberry (Berberis vulgaris)
takes a lot of beating. It has spectacular yellow flowers in spring,
and equally spectacular, edible red berries in autumn. Its leaves are
edible, too.

| I'll put it to the Council though with most of your other suggestions.

Taxodium distichum is also good, as is Abies koreana (though a bit
slow growing).


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.