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In 2018, the oaks (newly planted in March 2017) had a rude awakening by the harsh conditions in 2018. 
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Posted Fri, 2019-02-15 17:06 in James Harris's blog
This year I have received an unprecedented demand for oaks. This is exhilarating and exciting. One client bought 15 Quercus lobata. Another took about 50 oaks to Ireland. Another from Italy...
Posted Thu, 2018-04-19 11:25 in James Harris's blog
It is our vision that when the years roll on and you reach your eighties that you do not down size nor retire but that you have projects. To realise this we took back from our tenant farmer an...
Posted Thu, 2017-12-07 20:52 in James Harris's blog
For some time I have been interested in and puzzled by Quercus castaneifolia, because in Mallet Court Nursery I have observed two distinct forms.
Posted Wed, 2017-12-06 15:45 in James Harris's blog

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In 2018, the oaks (newly planted in March 2017) had a rude awakening by the harsh conditions in 2018. 
rimg0339.jpg
Posted Fri, 2019-02-15 17:06 in James Harris's blog
This year I have received an unprecedented demand for oaks. This is exhilarating and exciting. One client bought 15 Quercus lobata. Another took about 50 oaks to Ireland. Another from Italy...
Posted Thu, 2018-04-19 11:25 in James Harris's blog
It is our vision that when the years roll on and you reach your eighties that you do not down size nor retire but that you have projects. To realise this we took back from our tenant farmer an...
Posted Thu, 2017-12-07 20:52 in James Harris's blog
For some time I have been interested in and puzzled by Quercus castaneifolia, because in Mallet Court Nursery I have observed two distinct forms.
Posted Wed, 2017-12-06 15:45 in James Harris's blog

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