{"id":83127,"date":"2018-03-19T20:52:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T13:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fig-trouble-the-problem-with-parliaments-20000-a-year-fruit-trees\/"},"modified":"2018-03-19T21:04:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T14:04:57","slug":"fig-trouble-the-problem-with-parliaments-20000-a-year-fruit-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fig-trouble-the-problem-with-parliaments-20000-a-year-fruit-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Fig trouble \u2013 the problem with parliament's \u00a320,000-a-year fruit trees"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOfficials have forked out an extra \u00a310,000 to support wonky fig trees in Portcullis House. Here are some lower-maintenance specimens they could cultivate in their placeParliament\u2019s figs trees are flopping about, it seems, and it is costing the government \u00a310,000 to stand them up straight (they already cost \u00a320,000 a year to maintain.)Any plant grown indoors is going to suffer to some extent from leaning; light issues, warm conditions and plenty of water mean you\u2019ll get lush, but often weak growth. Still, we have got plenty of expertise in this country in growing houseplants; we have been growing huge specimens indoors since the Victorian era, and anyone who has ever been to Kew knows it is entirely possible to have towering tropical trees that stand upright. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Officials have forked out an extra \u00a310,000 to support wonky fig trees in Portcullis House....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-lCL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148632,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fig-and-almond-trees-thriving-in-uk-thanks-to-fewer-frosts-rhs-says\/","url_meta":{"origin":83127,"position":0},"title":"Fig and almond trees thriving in UK thanks to fewer frosts, RHS says","date":"January 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Society to retire plants no longer suited to UK\u2019s changing climate after 14% fewer days of ground frost recordedFig and almond trees are thriving in Britain as a result of fewer frosts, the Royal Horticultural Society has said.The lack of frost, one of the effects of climate breakdown, means\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":84318,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fig-trees-for-low-maintenance-gardens\/","url_meta":{"origin":83127,"position":1},"title":"Fig trees for low-maintenance gardens","date":"April 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Tolerant of our winters and easy to maintain, the fig tree would be a welcome addition to any urban gardenIn the past month I\u2019ve been asked by at least three newbie gardening mates for ideas for a fruit tree to plant in their urban gardens. 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