Magnolia Tree Of The Week

So, farewell to what was reported to have been Britain’s tallest magnolia tree, somewhat incongruously growing in Lilliput, a suburb of Poole in Dorset. Its fate was not sealed because its size was out of proportion with the diminutive stature of the place but because it had fallen into decay.

Standing around 60-feet tall and planted around 50 years ago, it was a distinctive feature of the area. Still, the magnolia tree with the largest spread of any of its kind in the country, to be found at Lukesland Gardens in Devon, still remains and we will have to be content with that.