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MAPLE magic

t here’s room in any garden for a Japanese maple. They’re graceful and elegant, yet once established require little effort, apart from being looked at. Plus, they’re trees for all seasons – from winter, when the signature twisted branches are on show, to the flush of green spring leaves that often change to a summer showcase of green, red, burgundy, pink or even white, then change again in autumn to their glorious oranges and yellows. You can have a large weeping shade tree in your

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