On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 22:43:41 +0100, Charlie Pridham wrote:

"Emery Davis" wrote in message
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Sadly a lovely mature hawthorn in our front garden blew over partially
a couple of weeks ago during the storms. It's just finishing blooming
now,
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Its widely used for hedging and gets hacked almost to death and seems to
survive, its not know as quickthorn for nothing (the quick referring to
being always alive rather than speed of growth)

Thanks Charlie, good to know it's hard to kill.



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Gardening in Lower Normandy