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80. Dumbarton Field Maple
Exciting trees crop up in all sorts of unlikely places and in Dumbarton a veteran field maple can be seen on the edge of an industrial estate.
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79. Oakfield Road Plane
A condemned plane tree in North London is a pawn in an insurance saga.
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78. Music Tree
A Japanese maple in Cardiff is the perfect accompaniment to a modernist sculpture outside the School of Music.
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77. Western Bank Plane
A fabulous oriental plane in Sheffield was spared the destruction that so many street trees faced in this city.
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76. Silken Thomas Yew
An ancient yew on a university campus has played a part in Irish history since 1534.
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October 2023
75. Addison’s Oak
Just over one hundred years old, a Bristol oak is nevertheless both a memorial and a landmark.
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74. College Cypress
Cheltenham’s shapely conifer is an American surrounded by Victoriana, nevertheless, it reminds me of Van Gogh’s mediterranean cypresses.
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73. PZ Palm
Penzance knows how to put on a show, and for the tree-enamoured, that starts at the railway station.
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72. Bryn Tyrch Pine
A lone Welsh (Scots) pine is a roadside landmark close to some of Eryri’s most exhilarating peaks.
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September 2023
71. Sycamore Gap RIP
The vandalistic felling of a much loved sycamore on Hadrian’s Wall has resulted in an outpouring of condemnation.
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70. Blacksmiths Tree, a conundrum
A young copper beech planted on a street in an Edinburgh suburb has a story to tell, I assume…
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69. Cathedral Maple
A fine example of one of the most eye-catching maple species grows close to Chester Cathedral.
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