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A serene water feature at Wisley.


The extensive rockery at Wisley.


their tulip-shaped buds from leafless branches. Along the wa- terways, skunk weed grows like low-lying sunshine, beautiful in spite of its unpleasant name (and, up close, odour). Te air is chill and damp, but invigorating, and when the sun touches down, it leaves a wash of sweetness in its path. For tree lovers, this is a good time to be visiting the gar- dens of England. A few short weeks from now, all these glo- rious blossoms will have succumbed to domineering foliage. Lovely as they are, the leaves will hide the haunting forms and stately shapes of the magnificent trees. Now, though, you can enjoy the secrets of the mighty oaks, marvelling at the twisted branches that are graced with just a hint of green. Te mot- tled cream and white trunks of sycamores (the famed London planer trees) stand out against both the dark green lawns and the weathered buildings. If you came later in spring, you would miss the blackness of over-wintered evergreens. You would not see the tender green veils of emerging weeping willow leaves sweeping the waters of the River Cam at Cambridge, where our group takes a water-based tour, via punt. We ignore the


Another part of the Wisley rockery.


Tree branches woven together at St. Paul’s.


The black needles of an over-wintered pine tree.


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The trees show off their idiosyncra- sies best in spring.


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