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The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing Trees

by Tony Kirkham, Frances Lincoln, £12.99

Trees have their moment in autumn, when lower, softer light catches the magnificence of their turning leaves. The average 100-year-old oak has around 100,000 leaves in its crown, and each of these will be starting to change colour around now. Autumn is also the

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