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Sacha writes:
| On 29/10/07 17:36, in article ,
| "dafs" wrote:
|
| I bought this in November 2003, when the leaves were extraordinarily
| beautiful shades of red.
|
| It has prospered and grown into an attractive tree, but has never again
| shown any red in the leaves in autumn. They remain stubbornly green until
| they fall off.
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| Is there anything I can do to bring back its radiance next autumn, please?
|
| Best wishes
| Daphne
|
| Perhaps it needs a good long spell of hot sunshine to ensure the autumn
| colour? In which case, if you've got influence........

Or cold weather setting in before the dark and wet. In both cases,
Cambridge does relatively well by UK standards, but the past few
years have not been good for such things.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.