Nellie's tree was grafted from three beech saplings by Vic Stead almost a century ago A beech tree grafted into an N-shape to woo a sweetheart named Nellie has been crowned the UK's tree of the year.

A beech tree grafted into an N-shape to woo a woman ... was formed almost 100 years ago by Vic Stead. He grafted one sapling between the other two to form the letter N to woo his sweetheart.

“It kills all the beech trees, even the little saplings, so it looks like herbicide was sprayed in the forest.” ”The forest will be totally different,” he said. Beech trees, which grow ...

However there are some oaks and young beech trees that will hang onto their leaves for a while ... was so weakened by age and disease that it had to be removed in 1963. Currently, saplings from acorns ...