I'd like to grow a tree that giraffes like to eat!

The staff at St Bridget Nurseries' Garden Centres in Exeter like to be asked challenging questions to test their horticultural knowledge but one customer recently had them baffled! The customer approached the member of staff and said, 'I'm looking for a tree, I don't know what it is called but giraffes like to eat it!' Intrigued the staff were about to call the local zoo but the customer managed to spot the plant for sale in the garden centre and the tree was identified as Robinia (False Acacia) pseudoacacia Frisia!

So next time you have giraffes in your garden you may want to protect these plants.