Tree of the Month February 2011 - Crab Apple Tree February 04, 2011Ella Dooly Picking this month’s Tree for our ‘tree of the month’ feature was easy peasy. With February being the ‘love month’...the home of the lovers day, which is valentines, what could...
Trees for Birds January 26, 2011Ella Dooly The Waxwings favourite dinner: Rowan Tree berries. With all the extreme conditions we got over Christmas it’s pretty safe to say we were all affected by it in one way...
Tree of the Month January 2011: Silver Birch January 26, 2011Ella Dooly As regular blog readers will know, our ‘tree of the month’ features are all about our favourite tree for that particular month. We talk about what makes that tree special...
Natural VS Artificial Bay Trees November 17, 2010Ella Dooly Today’s blog post is a fight night special. Read on for round by round coverage of the classic battle between, natural and artificial bay trees. It’s going to get heated...
Top Five Tree Gifts by House Type November 11, 2010Ella Dooly Cosy City Crib If you’re buying a tree gift for a city flat, then the primary concern is going to be space. In most flats you’re going to be limited...
Tree Of The Month – Yew (Taxus baccata) July 15, 2009Ella Dooly Natural History: Although a large tree, the yew is not tall, rarely growing over 20ft. It is, however, one of the longest lived of all trees and despite its slow...
Tree Of The Month – Rowan Tree aka Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia) June 15, 2009Ella Dooly Natural History: The Rowan tree is a widespread native of the British Isles, equally at home on healthy scrub land, mountain rocks or even supermarket car parks! Dense clusters of...
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) May 21, 2009Ella Dooly Natural History: A British native, which grows abundantly in hedgerows, thickets and on waste ground, this is a small tree which grows to a height of around 13ft. The black,...
The Hazel Tree Sapling (Corylus avellana) May 21, 2009Ella Dooly Find out information about the native Hazel Tree. The Hazel tree is known as The Tree of Knowledge by the Celts. Learn about Hazel tree history.
May 09 - Tree Of The Month – The Fig (Ficus carica) May 21, 2009Ella Dooly Natural History: The fig genus is so large it includes over 800 species of evergreen and deciduous trees, shrubs and woody vines from all over the tropical and sub-tropical regions...