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Can it really make a difference? Let award-winning wildlife author Kate Bradbury reveal the amazing effect planting a single tree in your garden can have – and imagine what would happen if every gardener up and down the country did the same. Combining evocative reflections on the evolution and cultural significance of trees with practical gardening advice, this book will leave you in no doubt that every garden needs a tree. To help you choose the best tree for your own garden – or learn more about the tree you already have – the book features a directory of 50 key species, each one beautifully illustrated by Lucille Clerc. No garden should be without a tree. Plant one, watch it grow – and become part of something bigger.

She is a journalist, specialising in wildlife gardening. She edits the wildlife pages of BBC Gardeners’ World magazine, and regularly writes articles for The Telegraph, The Guardian,RHS The Garden magazine, and BBC Wildlife and Wildlife Trust magazines. She is the author of several books, including The Wildlife Gardener, memoir The Bumblebee FliesAnyway (both Bloomsbury), and RHS How to Create a Wildlife Pond (DK). She lives inBrighton, where her small but perfectly formed garden is home to ALL the wildlife, including hedgehogs, frogs and toads, house sparrows, starlings and slow worms.

Why trees? Why now? 6 Why gardens? 10 The trees in my garden 14 Understanding trees 16 Trees over time 18 Native or non-native? 20 Trees and fungi 22 To plant or not to plant? 24 Trees in cities 26 Plant one tree 30 Parts of a tree 32 Your tree through the year 36 Spring blossom 38 Fruit, nuts, seeds and berries 40 Autumn leaf colour 42 The tree’ s role in your garden 44 Finding the right spot 46 The tree in the community 50 Tree profiles 52 Small trees 54 Snowy mespilus Crab apple Bronze loquat Soft tree fern Olive Persian ironwood Fruit trees 64 Plum Apple Pear Cherry Peach Fig Citrus Mulberry Berrying trees 78 Elder English holly Rowan Hawthorn Flowering trees 86 Crape myrtle Magnolia Dogwood Lilac Evergreen trees 94 Mediterranean cypress Wild privet Strawberry tree Seed- and nut-bearing trees 100 Spindle Alder Hazel Kilmarnock willow Silver birch Sweet chestnut Almond Large trees 114 Yew Beech English oak Horse chestnut Small-leaved lime Trees for autumn colour 124 Redbud Japanese maple Maidenhair tree Sweet gum Black tupelo Stag’ s horn sumach Paperbark maple Palm trees 136 Cabbage palm Canary Island date palm Mediterranean fan palm Chusan palm Pindo palm Yucca Plant, prune, care 144 Choosing and planting your tree 146 Choosing a fruit tree 150 Caring for your tree 152 Planting around your tree 154 Pruning your tree 156 Making the most of trees 162 Troubleshooting 164 Supporting tree-planting projects 168 Resources 169 Glossary 170 Planting zones 171 Index 172 Acknowledgments 175