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A devastating disease has been found on ash trees in Ireland which had been imported from mainland Europe. The Department of Agriculture has belatedly banned the import of ash transplants. Ash dieback or Chalara fraxinea is reported to have killed 90% of the ash in Denmark. A great number of ash transplants planted by the […]

Nov 2021 :Many English and Irish gardens have seen diseases attacking box plants this summer. The leaves go brown in mid-summer and fall off. There are three different diseases which cause this to happen and while spraying with chemical fungicides will control the problem it is not in keeping with the idea of a garden […]