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Don’t worry about the Amazon rainforest – we have a spare. 

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Concerns over the wilful destruction of the world’s main source of oxygen may be premature, as Rodell Clarke (43) has planted a new Forest Pansy in his front garden.  Measuring 5m fully grown, Mr Clarke’s Cercis Canadensis is the perfect size to offset 477,698,000 hectares of Brazilian eco-system.


Mr. Clarke is confident that his deciduous shrub will maintain the Earth’s delicate balance of biodiversity. Also, he explained: ‘It’s striking purple foliage, turns a lovely shade of bronze in the Autumn. It’s a shade for sleeping cats during the Summer and is perfect for fairy lights in the Winter. Who needs 390 billion individual trees?’ Yes, the Amazon is home to 16,000 species, but Mr. Clarke’s tree has a garden gnome in close proximity. Some say the rainforest is nature’s medicine cabinet, responsible for two-thirds of all cancer cures, but Mr. Clarke claims his shrub is a great cure for hiccups.



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