A true love story, this wonderful tree was first discovered on an expedition to China by Harold Peto, one of the UK’s foremost plantsmen of the 20th Century. A romantic at heart, Peto planted the tree’s on the terrace of his famous home, Iford Manor in Wiltshire so the branches would showerthe pathways below in a carpet of delicate pink flowers for the ladies of the house to stroll through . . .
After his death in the 1930’s, the house fell into disrepair and the tree was lost in the encroaching undergrowth. Re-discovered after the 2nd World War, the current owners lovingly restored the house and garden to its former glory but only during the 1990’s did they come across the ‘Iford’ Cherry again. Savaged by time, the one remaining living branch was saved by Will Sibley, a world renowned ‘Grafter’. With his tender care, this fascinating story has a very happy ending. Having managed to propagate six new trees from the original branch, a further 1700 are now ready to take their place in gardens across the UK to enchant and captivate once more.
Who said romance is dead . . . ?
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