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  • The Fortingall Yew: symbol of eternity

    March 26, 2014 /

    This yew tree in a Perthshire churchyard may be 5,000 years old: it's astounding to think how much human history it has witnessed in its lifetime.

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    Heath spotted-orchid

    June 14, 2012

    Snowdrops: welcome signs of spring

    February 21, 2013

    Bird’s foot trefoil

    August 2, 2014
  • The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014 /

    Continuing my series on British trees, we're heading up into the Highlands to stand beneath a beautiful Scots pine...

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    The enchantment of the rowan

    September 9, 2013

    The song of the aspen

    December 5, 2016

    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019
  • The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013 /

    Glowing with colour when the year is at its darkest, holly was once thought to symbolise immortality

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    Sycamore: colonist or custodian?

    October 6, 2017

    The wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 2013

    The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014
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