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Sophora
by
Sarah Morgan
Horticulture Week
20 August 2008
In a suitable position, this largely trouble-free exotic tree can make a striking point of interest.
One of the highlights for tree lovers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a 250-year-old Japanese pagoda tree, the Sophora japonica Award of Garden Merit (AGM). It is said to be one of the original five trees obtained for Kew from Asia and planted in 1760. It still flowers beautifully, and despite its name, came from China originally but was planted near Japanese...
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