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Welcome to the Barcham Trees blog area. Here you will find lots of interesting information about trees including planting tips, pruning tips, selection tips, nursery information and much, much more!

Fantastic autumn colour today at Barcham!

November 14th 2018

This autumn has been superb for autumn colour at the nursery. Pyrus calleryana Chanticleer so often goes yellow but this year it is going a stunning red. This sustained display will go on for the rest of November, long af...

Acorn collecting time again

September 12th 2018

It's acorn collecting time again and it has never been so important to select from UK providence trees with the occurrence of Oak Processionary Moth being so rife on trees from the continent. This time around we didn&...

Government action confirmed to curb the threat of Oak Processionary Moth spread

August 15th 2018

Further to our blog from two weeks ago the government has published emergency importation measures to stem the flow of Oak Processionary Moth. This legislation comes into effect on the 21st August. Details as per link bel...

For the sake of the UK’s iconic tree genus, buy British grown trees

August 01st 2018

We visited Holland a few weeks ago and it became apparent that Oak Processionary Moth is massively infested over there. We saw the pupating nests in every village, town, city and roadway we travelled through and we did an...

Updated environmental policy

Please see the attached PDFs to see our updated environmental policy ...

Does your tree hydration bag fail to empty?

I’ve been using the same Tree Hydration Bag for ages and this year its stopped emptying on its own. This is probably due to the fact I have filled it with river water and bits of detritus have clogged it up from wit...

Having leaf issues?

Every year is a challenge for a tree! The animal kingdom has evolved around the plant kingdom and leaves are predated on by mildews, blotches, insects, birds, grazing mammals and even us. Without leaves supporting the hu...

Trees for paddocks

April 17th 2018

As you may have read in the last couple of years, there is now new research that highlights Sycamore trees (Acer pseudoplatanus) as the cause of Atypical Myopathy, a mysterious and often fatal illness of grazing horses. T...

Always Trees!

April 13th 2018

Sometimes you just want to get away for a break with the family but work always follows you with trees! Walking back to our room last night I was hit a glancing blow on the back of my shoulder by a coconut. It started it...

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