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\nWild as some may look, botanic gardens are orderly places, where everything is planted for a reason. But home gardens are different, altogether more personalGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcastWalking through London\u2019s Kew Gardens on a winter\u2019s day, the botanist Prof Tim Entwisle was struck by the sight of a Persian ironwood tree. The tree was leafless but not lifeless. While others in the gardens were bare-branched and stark, the ironwood\u2019s vibrant red blossoms stood out against the snow.The image stayed with Entwisle. It prompted him to plant a Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica) at his home in Melbourne, where it thrives, out of place, in the heart of an orderly garden. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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