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male trees are clean trees

Can we blame male trees for the dramatic increase in the rates of hay fever? Tom Ogren says ‘yes’!

25/02/2015 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  7 Comments

The sex life of plants, including trees, is not simple. Some, known as perfect flowered plants, have their male and female parts in the one flower so are effectively self pollinating (roses or apples);  some, known as monoecious flowered plants have separate male and female …

Category: Allergies, Environmental Issues, GardensTag: Alstroemeria, female trees absorb pollen from the atmosphere, Iochroma Cyaneum, male trees are clean trees, Male trees emit allergenic pollen, OPALS plant allergy ratings, Rubrum Bowhall, The Allergy Fighting Garden, The Lancet, Tom Ogren, Town planners like male trees

On the re-sexing of trees and other matters respiratory

21/09/2014 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  4 Comments

I spent much of last weekend discussing the re-sexing of trees. Not your everyday Sunday papers conversation - but fascinating none the less. How come? Well, I had staying as house guests Tom Ogren, world authority on allergen-free gardening, and Nigel Clarke, garden-centre …

Category: Allergies, Environmental Issues, Michelle's gardenTag: allergen free gardening, allergen-free Guernsey, civic planning of green spaces, FoodsMatter gardening pages, grafting female trees onto male trees, Green legacy Guernsey, inhaled allergies, male trees are clean trees, Nigel Clarke, OPALS allergy rating, OPALS plant scale, pollen allergies, Queux Patio plants, re-sexing trees, SAFE Gardening, Society for Allergy Friendly Environmental Gardening, Tom Ogren

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