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Salix comes from old English, and means near water!

An essential culinary herb. Used in egg dishes and with potatoes and salads. Used extensively in Europe for its mild onion flavour. It also dries exceptionally well, with little loss of flavour, for culinary use! Very easy to grow, but must be used and cut a lot for thick, luscious, full-flavoured growth.

This tree is planted everywhere!

Although Ash die-back is now killing many of these wonderful trees, the one in my photo is healthy.
If you see green like this, it normally means it is north facing, and lichen and moss are an indicator species!

A street tree!

Makes good coffee and salad leaves!

Famous, for this plant grew in the bomb sites of London during world war 2. There are even songs about it, as it showed mass resilience to shade and dry conditions, and to the bombing.
Wonderful plant and fantastic ground cover.

Still with fruit on despite very cold weather.

A truly magical maple that is fast growing and ideal for the smaller garden. The maple on the left with the red leaves is Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood.' The snakebark colour of the bark is quite striking in the winter and early spring.
Autumn/fall colours can vary but are lovely!