Elegant Acers Make Any Garden Colourful ; the Acer Is One of the Splendours of Autumn, with Its Dazzling Leaf Colour and Elegant Architectural Form. Award-Winning Designer Andrew Mcindoe Offers Advice On How to Choose the Best Acer for Your Garden

Lincolnshire Echo › November 05, 2010

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There are few trees that display the spectacular hues of autumn more vividly than the acer, with its delicate, finely cut foliage that provides a volcano of colour, from warm yellows and burnt oranges to fiery reds and deep burgundies.

Every garden, no matter how large or small, should find space for trees - and there are few to top the acer for elegance, says top garden designer Andrew McIndoe, of Hillier Nurseries, recently crowned International Grower Of The Year.

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Elegant Acers Make Any Garden Colourful ; the Acer Is One of the Splendours of Autumn, with Its Dazzling Leaf Colour and Elegant Architectural Form. Award-Winning Designer Andrew Mcindoe Offers Advice On How to Choose the Best Acer for Your Garden

"Gardeners tend to concentrate on the little herbaceous beauties, but it is the trees that give the structure, height and year-round interest to a planting scheme," ...

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