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NOMINATING A FAVOURITE plant is a bit like picking a favourite book – impossible. But, if pushed, I could tell you my very favourite of plant life is flowering trees, hands down. I’ve always loved them. Flowering trees were the first things I noticed when I started noticing gardens and the first living green things I learnt the names of. Jacaranda. Crepe myrtle. Tibouchina.

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