This weekend saw us planting an almond tree while waiting for the delivery of persimmon and an Apricot (for one of the tunnels). We decided to take all the stored wood ashes from winter and distribute them equally amongst all the fruit trees. That got us thinking about how many trees we have actually planted over the last couple of years. Gardener's question tie on BBC radio 4 also discussed the importance of trees in removing carbon and storing it from the atmosphere.
So here is a definitive list of the current trees we have planted here, so far at Beechview:
Apple: James Greive
Apple: Kidd's Orange Pippin
Apple: Golden something but not delicious :-)
Apple: St Edmunds Russet
Apple: Keswick Codlin'
Apple: (No idea - gifted from a neighbour)
Apple: Lord Lambourne
Crab Apple: John Downie
Crab Apple: Red Sentinel
Crab Apple: Golden Hornet
Pear: Conference
Pear: Conference
Pear: Concorde
Pear: Concorde
Pear: (No idea - gifted from a neighbour)
Plum: Victoria
Plum: Victoria
Plum: Czar
Plum: Czar
Plum: Greengage
Plum: Green Gage
Cherry: Stella
Cherry: Stella
Cherry: Stella
Cherry: Starburst
Cherry: Morello
Cherry: Morello
Cherry: Morello
Damson: Merryweather
Damson: Merryweather
Medlar: Nottingham
Elder: Sambuca
Elder: Sambuca
2 Fig trees
lemon tree
I think that is it for the fruit trees? I then thought about all the other trees that we have planted, Katsura, 4 Rowan, 4 Oak, Weeping Willow, 3 Birch, 10 Cherry plums, 4 Viburnum (shrub/trees), 2 Californian lilacs, 3 Laburnum, Euonymous red cascade, strawberry tree, 2 Maple tree, Almond tree, and Cherry (The bride).
add to that the hedges of wild hedging (hazel, sloe, Hawthorne, sea buckthorn etc, Beech hedges (200 plants), Western Hemlock hedge (80 plants) Privet (60 plants).
And soon the Apricot and Persimmon means that we are beyond excited to see the 70 trees and 340 hedging plants start to really put on some growth this year!
We haven't finished yet though I imagine! and the list does not include all of the trees already present, two apples, weeping birch, scots pine, copper beech, 5 conifers etc.
Maybe we should rename the house??????????
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