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    Let’s get GARDENING!

    Sep 05, 2019 3 minutes
    COMPILED BY: WENDY HUMPHRIES.

    Buy British trees!

    The risk of unwanted tree pests and diseases through plant imports are turning gardeners’ attentions to the benefits of buying British. Xylella fastidiosa is a bacterial plant disease that has not been detected in the UK but poses a serious threat. In July, restrictions were put in place on imports of oaks after trees infected with oak processionary moth were intercepted in Holland.

    The Woodland Trust has created an accreditation scheme to highlight when nurseries sell trees of UK provenance. This means that the saplings they grow have come from a safe source, and

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