When it comes to trees, says John Hoyland, the more the merrier — but only within reason.
The current encouragement for gardeners to plant more trees is not new. Fifty years ago, a government campaign exhorted us to ‘Plant a Tree in ’73’, which, as an enthusiastic teenager, I duly did. I even followed the subsequent advice to ‘Plant One More in ’74’. What became of the two silver birches planted in a small garden in suburban Doncaster I do not know, but I…
