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My favourite tree

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  1. Victoria

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    Lovely. My Tecoma stans smells of Ginger and Ginger Thomas is a common name for it ...
    Tecoma stans 4 10 Nov 21.jpg

    This was cut back a few months ago but the blooms can cover the leaves.
     
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      They are Stunning Shiney fairplay :dbgrtmb:
       
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        Really pretty Victoria :thumbsup:
         
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          pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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          If I had to pick a favourite garden tree it would be Albizia julibrissin, in a good year the flowers and foliage just look perfect. DSC_0481.JPG

          The favourite tree that I've always liked, and I have a smaller version on the allotment is the giant redwood. Sequoiadendron giganteum.
          A picture of a younger me standing in the hole made by a fire many years ago, possibly a few hundred, which the tree is slowly closing and covering over with bark.
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            Nice tree, nice shape. If it's beech the ground will be littered with beech nuts. They are very tasty but small and fiddly to shell.
             
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              I thought beech kept their brown leaves on for a long time ?
               
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                Beech only keep their leaves overwinter if they are pruned every year. That's why they make excellent hedges.
                 
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                  I checked the tree yesterday, it’s a beech tree :thumbsup:
                   
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                    Oh I see thanks.
                     
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