TREE OF THE MONTH
By Martin Freeth – Trees of Martinborough
What is Martinborough’s oldest tree? Well, it is not the prettiest and it might be regarded a pest by some people.
The tree is a sycamore – botanical name ‘acer pseudoplatanus’ – and it has been growing behind the Victory Family Church on Jellicoe Street for 127 years.
Near the property’s rear boundary fence along Kansas Street, this sycamore is rather nondescript but in remarkably good shape given its age and many hot summers. It’s been growing quietly on this spot since 1897 – far longer than the more-adored oaks 100 metres away, in the middle of Martinborough Square.
Our information source is Mate Higginson, Martinborough historian and a life-long gardener. … Continue Reading
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