‘Gloriously gnarly’: what professional botanists plant at home

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‘Gloriously gnarly’: what professional botanists plant at home
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Wild as some may look, botanic gardens are orderly places, where everything is planted for a reason. But home gardens are different, altogether more personal

While Stuart Worboys saves rare plants at work, his home garden is planted to appeal to birds and insects.While Stuart Worboys saves rare plants at work, his home garden is planted to appeal to birds and insects.Last modified on Sat 11 Jun 2022 21.01 BSTon a winter’s day, the botanist Prof Tim Entwisle was struck by the sight of a Persian ironwood tree. The tree was leafless but not lifeless.

“It’s an interesting, intriguing tree,” he says. “It doesn’t fit, but growing it reminds me of that time at Kew.”

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