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Our Sicilian Fir is a Champion tree, over 20m tall and the biggest in the country. Only twenty- nine mature specimens are known to exist in their native Sicily
nearby Handcross] and Peasemarsh reserve for them to grow. Only twenty‐nine mature specimens are known to exist in their native Sicily, that’s how scarce they are.” As a site sheltered from the prevailing wind, Leonardslee has remained largely free of fungal diseases, although sudden oak death has struck recently, as it has across the country, and the team is talking with DEFRA on a strategy for managing it. Oaks are in abundance and thrive in the microclimate, so the team will strive to limit
the effect of the disease. Renowned for its collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, the estate nevertheless needs to keep certain varieties under strict control. Highways and byways locally display purple Ponticum ‐ one of the last to flower in the rhododendron season. National bodies, such as The National Trust, have undertaken measures to remove much of it from their properties because of its tendancy to proliferate, crowd out other plants, resist herbicides and carry the fungal
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infection Phytophthora ramorum. At Leonardslee some years ago the far banks of the valley were cleared of it, leaving just a few highly trimmed and shaped pockets, but the team remains vigilant. “Burning it is the best option,” the head gardener notes, “so we hope we have it well under control.”
The variety has been described as “beautiful but deadly”, although many other varieties outshine it in rhododendron’s beauty pageant: the magnificent Loderi King
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