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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!

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...

Biosecurity update

March 07th 2018

We formalised our strict biosecurity policy six years ago after it become very apparent that imported trees were responsible for several new pests and diseases in the UK, primarily Oak Processionary Moth and Ash Die Back....

Which British native tree is often overlooked?

February 22nd 2018

January and February have got to be the dullest of horticultural months! Not a lot to get excited about apart from the promise of the Spring. I walked a local park to me on the weekend and saw a tree that is often forgot...

Exciting development at Barcham!!

January 10th 2018

BARCHAM PLANS FOR ARBORETUM Barcham Trees, the Cambridgeshire nursery which has provided more than a million instant-impact trees for the urban environment in Britain, has been given the go-ahead by East Cambridgeshire...

What price for biosecurity?

November 06th 2017

The tree and plant industry is waking up to the threat biosecurity has on our countryside and cities. The following video explains principles that should be adhered to combat this threat, principals we have already in pla...

Acer platanoides Pacific Sunset

November 02nd 2017

There have been some lovely autumn colours to view this season and a fairly new tree to our range didn’t disappoint. Acer platanoides Pacific Sunset looks like straightforward Norway Maple in the summer months but i...

How much space do I need for a tree?

October 05th 2017

It is a common problem to see trees failing in positions with too little soil volume to accommodate them. Our local supermarket in Ely demonstrates only too well that trees chiselled into planting pits within hard areas a...

When is the acorn collection season?

September 04th 2017

I had a text alert come through last week to say that my favourite English Oak , Quercus robur, had enough acorns to harvest this year. This particular oak we have named the Fotheringhay Oak from where it has grown undist...

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