Some alders

Alders are treated as weeds by most people in these parts where, by

the way, they never grow very tall, maybe seven feet, two metres, at

most. Almost no one plants them in their gardens. But a neighbour of

ours grew them as a hedge along the length of his curved driveway, and

it was a huge success. I love the smell the unopened buds have in the

spring. And they are very pretty as they open up. So I tend to let

them grow up wherever they try to establish themselves.