Who fancies "Toona Sinensis Vegetarian Barbecue Sauce"? Read about the culinary qualities of Toona sinensis in our newly published entry by David Mabberley on IDS Treesandshrubsonline.org You'll learn a lot about this important tree. #toona #tree #treesandshrubsonline #TSO Thanks to @gardenergunn for the image.
A few highlights from a flying visit to the Savill Garden for a quick tour with @sianthomasuk who gave a wonderful unscripted guide to some of the famous trees in the garden and especially those which were special to Mark Flanigan. Then onto the Cumberland Lodge for the TROBI Alan Mitchell Lecture given in tribute to Mark Flanigan, the late Keeper of the garden by @tony_kirkham_trees and John Anderson. A thrilling lecture entitled 'From Seed to Champion Tree' was right up my street, and very entertaining. Pictured; 1 Magnificent bundle planting of Podocarpus salignus. 2 Fagus lucida which I walked past assuming it to be a broadened fastigiate hornbeam. Certainly a tree for the future. Thanks for the introduction Sian 👍 3 and 4 The tree we were introduced to as 'Mark's Tree'. The magnificent Meliosma veitchiorum he introduced here showing shape and flower, although not yet full out. One of the most magnificent trees to behold in autumn and seemingly superior to the Wilson trees. I need to get a handle on why the Edinburgh tree appears to flower before leafing out. 🤔 4 and 5 I had to go findout what this was growing against the wall. A plant I knew by name from my days at Hillier Nurseries where it appeared annually on the production list but without a stock plant or any chance of obtaining seed, I had never seen it let alone grown it. It is Bignonia capreolata, regarded in the 70s as a plant only suitable for the mildest gardens, but no dought more reliable with a touch of global warming, and a south facing wall. Stunning! #trobi #treeregister #treetime #savillgarden #treesandshrubsonline
Check out this amazing work done by @kewarborists! They've expertly preserved standing dead trees in the arboretum to simulate the natural look of storm damage. These trees will serve as a fascinating interpretation to showcase the impact of climate change on our living collection. 🌿 #climatechangeawareness #arboretum #naturepreservation #treesandshrubsonline #treecollection #botanicgarden #arboretum #futureurbantrees #treesforthefuture #arboriculture
Three pictures of Davidia involucrata starting with the extraordinary flower (inflorescence) that hangs protected from wind and rain, in the middle of the two large white bracts which give the tree its common name Handkerchief Tree or Dove Tree. Next is a less detailed view and the third picture is the whole tree. The tree is small unlike the wonderful species - which grows gloriously to 50’ - because it is the cultivar ‘Sonoma’. This one will never become magnificent and statuesque but it fits into my limited for space. It also has the advantage of producing bracts when 2 or 3 years old (wait 20 years for the species to do the same). Back to the first picture where you can see the one greeny yellow female style (actually hermaphrodite, I read in Trees and Shrubs Online) sticking out of this flower (look at about 5 o’clock). The stigma, looking like little fingers, are inflated ready to catch the pollen from the huge number of very small flowers male flowers that surround it. These male ‘flowers’ are just stamen with red anthers - no petals or perianth. I love the fact that there is only one female amongst all these boys. It is hard to find a female on every flower. These flowers will in time produce very attractive fruit (drupes) which will hang in the tree like decorations on the long 7cm stalks (peduncles - I love these words) that now dangle holding the flower between the two white bracts. These bracts hang like umbrellas to protect their charge from rain. As the bracts turn from a young green to mature white they become UV light absorbent so that they can attract pollinators that see in UV light. These are mainly bees. Nature ! How brilliant and endlessly inventive it is. #davidia #handkerchieftree #dovetree #davidiainvolucratasonoma #bracts #hermaohriditeflowers #maleflowers #flowerconstruction #inventivenature #treesandshrubsonline
Pitavia punctata at the Savill Garden. This collection never disappoints as there are always interesting plants to find and appreciate and this is one of them. It comes from Chile and the delicate white flowers are an addition to the attractive evergreen leaves. A plant to watch which is not widely available at the moment in the trade. It would work well in a protected site in London the south but it may be harder than first thought. #theroyallandscape #thesavillgarden #treesandshrubsonline
Just a snap shot of some of the amazing urban trees of Gothenburg. #treesandshrubsonline #treecollection #botanicgarden #arboretum #futureurbantrees #treesforthefuture💚 #arboriculture
It's awesome to see the seedlings thriving behind the scenes at the nursery in Gothenburg Botanic Gardens from a recent collab with Kew. Shoutout to @liiimen for the great work! 👏🌱 #greenfingers #botanicalcollaboration #treesandshrubsonline #treecollection #botanicgarden #arboretum #futureurbantrees #treesforthefuture #arboriculture
Amazing couple of days at Gothenburg botanic gardens thanks to @henrik.sjoman.botaniska for taking the time showing us round and enjoying some great food. #botanicgarden #treesandshrubsonline #treecollection #arboretum
One of my favourite conifers and the largest specimen of it I have yet seen. Juniperus recurva var. coxii. I think is is a #treeregister #trobi champion @exburygardens #idsdendrology #treesandshrubsonline
Just as the cherry blossom begins to fade, the crab apple trees come into bloom at the Cotswold Trees nursery. https://cotswoldtrees.com #crabapples #treesandshrubsonline #gardening #blossom #malus
We love supporting great local projects, especially when they involve creating a living sculpture of Nessie out of yew trees! We donated trees to help create this model of the Loch Ness Monster as part of a project called Holm Grown, a community garden run by Holm Community Council and Incredible Edible Inverness. We can’t wait to see how big Nessie grows! #nessie #treesculpture #holmgrown #christieelite #supportingcommunities #treenursery #treesandshrubsonline #trees #LetsTalkTrees
This extraordinary rhododendron stopped me in my tracks at the Botanics yesterday 😎 A natural hybrid introduced by Frank Kingdon Ward (see final image for label) #Rhododendron #dwarfrhododendron #rhododendroncampylogynum #rhododendrontsangpoense #thebotanics #royalbotanicgardenedinburgh #rhododendroncamelliamagnolia #rcmgroup #treesandshrubsonline #shrubsofinstagram #frankkingdonward
A Wespelaar highlight so good it gets its own post: Paulownia 'Purple Splendour'. Believed to be fortunei × tomentosa, whatever the parentage it's just stunning. Read more about it on Trees and Shrubs Online, just search for the cultivar name via the homepage. #arboretumwespelaar #paulownia #paulowniapurplesplendour #treesofinstagram #dendrology #treesandshrubsonline
Assorted eye-catching plants seen around Arboretum Wespelaar over the past couple of days . 1 - Rhododendron vaseyi 2 - R. schlippenbachii 3 - Tilia endochrysea (young growth, undamaged so far thanks to the absence of frost this spring) 4 - Betula lenta (catkins) 5 - Picea likiangensis (immature seed cones) 6 - Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold' (pollen cones) 7 - Cydonia oblonga 8 - Rhododendron 'Razorbill' 9 - Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief' 10 - Pseudolarix amabilis (clustered pollen cones) . #arboretum #arboretumwespelaar #dendrology #treesandshrubsonline #spring
It's that time of year when the plant world springs into action. This sorbus alnifolia, also called alder-leafed whitebeam is in full showoff mode. #arboretum #dendrology #internationaldendrologysociety #kewgardens #treecollection #treesandshrubsonline #trees #spring
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Emerald Feathers' With its distinctive tight conical crown, this clone was selected at the US National Arboretum in the early 70s, and prior to the mid 1980s was the most common form in cultivation, after which seed became more widely available from China. The fluting of the main bole is a common feature, but the crowns are quite variable between different clones, and the size and vigour is also very variable. Emerald Feathers is a very vigorous form and this one is the #treeregister champion tree, although there are a pair of them that were planted here by Harold Hillier in the mid 70s. The story of this tree's discovery and introduction is one of the most fantastic dendrological tales told, and of course it had to be one of the first shortlisted for inclusion by @florafanatica and myself in #thestoryoftrees There is also a magnificent and very in depth review in TSO. #metasequoia #metasequoiaglyptostroboides #treeregister #idsdendrology #treesandshrubsonline
Sequoiadendron has been in the news quite a bit here in the UK the past few days. Fortunate timing, as a new account I wrote about it for www.treesandshrubsonline.org has just been published! This is the second example of the species I ever knowingly met, the more photogenic of a pair growing at Cluny House Gardens in Perthshire, and the view from my new study to boot! #sequoiadendron #sequoiadendrongiganteum #giantsequoia #bigtree #giantredwoods #wellingtonia #treesandshrubsonline #clunyhousegardens
We've just published completely new text for Sequoia and Sequoiadendron on www.treesandshrubsonline.org! Written by Tom Christian @tchristian0187 it explores the ecology, natural history and horticultural stories of these magnificent Californian trees. Even if you think you know all about them we're sure you'll be surprised by new information. The image here is of the General Sherman Tree, a Sequoiadendron, the largest living tree by volume, taken by @john.nix_ #internationaldendrologysociety #treesandshrubsonline #sequoia #Sequoiadendron #redwood #coastalredwood #giantredwoods @ids.dendrology
The best germination of any rose species that I have ever grown. Rosa virginiana, I do wonder if this is an apomictic tetraploid. It has all the hallmarks of being a clonal microspecies like Rosa glauca (Though I wish that species would germinate with the same ease) but time will tell as these mature. As described it has quite a complex taxonomy (see TSO) #treesandshrubsonline for an interesting appraisal. If it were hybridogenous it would explain the the conformity of european populations. #rosavirginiana
The amazing bark of Polylepis australis from Central Argentina. The bark looks like sheets of fila pastry flaking off the main trunk and branches. A beautiful small tree for the garden. Read about it on the IDS Trees and Shrubs Online (TSO). #polylepis #polylepisaustralis #treebark #internationaldendrologysociety #treesandshrubsonline #rhs #rhswisleygardens #rhswisley #smalltree
The flowers are out on my still very small Illicium simonsii - the plant is only about a metre tall so it has a way to go (about 3m perhaps?) but it will be worth the wait. This photograph, which is the best I can do, is no comparison to that of the beautiful photograph taken by Jack Aldridge and used to illustrate the species in Trees and Shrubs Online (@treesshrubsonline) giving a much better idea of what it will look like one day …. (perhaps). It gets cosseted a bit like a small child - it gets wrapped up when there is a heavy frost coming and unwrapped when the temperature rises - it will have to learn to cope with Derbyshire but not quite yet. I have had it for about two years and I expect the flowers to go on for a good many weeks if last year was anything to go by. The plant is evergreen, pyramid shaped and forms a fairly dense habit. So far so good. #illiciumsimonsii #yellowflowers #notsurewhattoexpect #overprotective #unusualplants #treesandshrubsonline #jackaldridge
We are currently pricking out Scots pine for the 24/25 season. Get your orders in now by visiting www.christie-elite.co.uk or emailing us at [email protected]! 🌲 #scotspine #treenursery #treesandshrubsonline #trees #LetsTalkTrees
We have a beautiful crop of cell-grown Elite Sitka spruce available in our online shop. Elite Sitka has been specifically developed at Christie-Elite to grow high quality timber at a rapid growth rate. Our Elite Sitka seed has been produced in our seed orchard which is composed of parent plants chosen for their genetic superiority. Our Sitka has rigid, needle-like leaves with sharp spines at the tip. It also grows well in wet and peaty soils. To top it off, we are currently offering discounts for bulk purchases. Visit www.christie-elite.co.uk to place your order now! #treenursery #treesandshrubsonline #trees #LetsTalkTrees #sitkaspruce #ukforestry
Had a wonderful day meeting a champion London Plane at King’s Ely Cambridge. This tree is over 300 years old, and is hailed one of the finest in Britain. So much so it even has its own place in national heritage. The purpose of this encounter was to provide an opinion on how to manage this amazing tree for future generations, with a large cavity on one of the main stems. #dendrology #heritagegarden #heritagetrees #Arboriculture #treesandshrubsonline #championtree #treecollection #treeregister #arbassociation #treesofinstagram
Learning to take close ups of magnolia buds and my favourite witch hazel flowers - the dank weather and dripping rain doesn't help. Thank you @gaba.zm for your expert help, more homework required, much more ... I know! #hamamelis #hamamelisxintermediadiane #hamamelidaceae #witchhazel #oczar #magnoliaceae #magnoliaxsoulangeana #magnoliaxsoulangeanapicture #magnoliapicture #dendrology #dendrologia #internationaldendrologysociety #polskietowarzystwodendrologiczne #treesandshrubsonline #treesofinstagram🎄
Prunus cerasifera 'Lindsayae', us a really lovely cherry plum that in all probability is no longer in commercial production. Ideal habit for smaller gardens. Seeing 'Lindsayae' reminds me that the lovely flowering cherry 'Kursar' is not far behind. #ornamentalcherries #thestoryoftrees #treesandshrubsonline
A cypress species introduced by Keith Rushforth (KR 9641) probably as Cupressus assamica but labelled as Cupressus cashmiriana which will be a familiar name for the blue weeping cypress which has been for a very long time in cultivation. There is considerable debate regarding himalaya cypress trees, and their taxonomy and classification. Names such as himalaica, assamica, corneyana, torulosa, darjeelingensis etc etc which I cannot possibly contribute to with any authority. All I can say is that this is a very nice tree which I photographed #exburygardens on my last visit with @marielouiseagius. A tree with weeping branches and a uniform pyramidal habit, typical of many cypress species. The last two pictures are of a seedling I raised from the classic and long cultivated weeping Kashmir Cypress with its rather more open lax and irregular habit, with vertically descending branchlets. I have grown Cupressus cashmiriana from bought seed a number of times and they nearly always turn out to be something else, most often C. torulosa, or even in one instance the Mexican species C. lusitanica. #thestoryoftrees #treesandshrubsonline #kashmircypress # #cupressuscashmiriana
Tilia x europaea 'Hatfield' with typical epicomic furze near the base of the tree, but little to none on the main trunks. Typical diverging and ascending branching. Viscum album taking the place of epicormic bundles in the crown. Mistletoe is becoming an increasing pest in the gardens. #thestoryoftrees #treesandshrubsonline #idsdendrology #tiliaeuropaeahatfield
How stunning are these pics? A beautiful blanket of snow is covering the nursery and it looks like a winter wonderland🌲🌨️ #snow #treenursery #treesandshrubsonline #trees
More #sitkainthesnow 🌲❄️ #treenursery #treesandshrubsonline
We’re lifting sitka in the snow today! ❄️ #lifting #sitka #blizzard #treenursery #treesandshrubsonline #trees #LetsTalkTrees
Torreya californica #exburygardens One of a pair growing together with somewhat variable morphology. Here it has made an impressive architectural tree. Rare in cultivation and one of many californian conifers that are threatened in the wild. #thestoryoftrees #treeregister #treesandshrubsonline #torreya #torreyacalifornica
We’ve had some beautiful but frosty weather at the nursery this week! #treenursery #frosty #treesandshrubsonline #trees #LetsTalkTrees
A trip back to the autumn #highdowngardens with @poshmoog A very old an interesting accession of Zabelia triflora standing at around 7m tall and multistemmed. As an Abelia it was probably trained and planted as a shrub, but the species certainly deserves to be grown as a tree for smaller gardens and parks. #treesandshrubsonline #zabelia
Our New Year couldn’t be off to a better start. We were delighted when we received this beautiful card that a (very talented) customer’s daughter made as a thank you for their trees. As this is such a lovely gesture and a genuine piece of art, it is only fitting that it is framed and displayed in our office 💚 Pia - you are so welcome and what a skill you have! 🎨🖌️🖼️ #customerthankyou #artistinthemaking #treenursery #treesandshrubsonline #trees
A friend generously offered seed of the rare Abies bracteata which coned profusely with them this year. I expected a little envelope with perhaps a dozen or so seeds, but this haul of spectacular cones arrived in the post this morning! This is going to be a sticky job, but already the delicious resinous smell is filling the kitchen. This is one of the most unusual and most distinct of the firs. Alan Mitchell called it 'a prize maverick' and those exaggerated bracts are just one reason why. Its razor sharp needles and big, conical, beech-like buds can be seen in images on the account at Trees and Shrubs Online along with some superb habitat shots. #abiesbracteata #santaluciafir #pinaceae #pinetum #dendrology #seeds #seedcleaning #treesandshrubsonline
Sending all of our customers, friends and suppliers our warmest wishes for a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. We are so grateful for your ongoing support and look forward to seeing you in 2024! From all of us at Christie-Elite Nurseries🎄 #christieelitenurseries #christmaswishes #treenursery #treesandshrubsonline #trees
The unmistakable golden flowers of Jasminum nudiflorum. Despite being a really popular garden plant, this isn't a plant I'm overly keen on. I'm not trying to be controversial and go against what other people like; when I see this plant it tends to be a rather scruffy thing with a lot of wiry stems and not a lot of flowers. Looking at the write-up at @ids.treesandshrubsonline, the text from Bean I believe, it says that J. nudiflorum appreciates a warm wall; this might be why plants planted haphazardly against any available wall in surprisingly cold West Devon might not be all that floriferous. I need to find somewhere with a good south facing wall that's in need of winter blossom to try an experiment. The TSO text also makes two observations: firstly that "careful training and spacing [is] more important than annual pruning", and secondly that this plant prefers to tumble than be grown upwards. These exact flowers posted here are borne on a plant that has somehow seeded into the top of a stone wall, and while I had rather considered this to be a problem that I must deal with at some point I'm now thinking that there might be an opportunity to be had to grow the plant as nature intended. Trees And Shrubs Online is a fantastic resource for plant-minded gardeners. Based on Bean's 'Trees And Shrubs Hardy In The British Isles' and 'New Trees' by Grimshaw and Bayton, this online resource aims to update and improve knowledge of woody plants. 'TSO' is being constantly updated, and best of all the resource is absolutely FREE! Although the site has a largely UK leaning, once you know how your climate compares with the UK you should be able to make a judgement for your local area. #gardening #plants #jasminum #treesandshrubsonline
A group of three young and resplendent Glyptostrobus pensilis (Chinese Swamp Cypress) #exburygardens Not usually afforded the moniker of 'Living Fossil' like its more common contemporaries such as Metasequoia, Taxodium etc, but that is exactly what it is. Critically endangered in the wild, and strangely uncommon in gardens. It is undoubtedly less hardy than its cousins mentioned above, but it has hardly been tested with rigour from all provenance or siting. It holds its foliage for longer into the winter than either Metasequoia or Taxodium, but these photos were taken a few weeks ago. @marielouiseagius may be able to say if it is still colourful? It was one if the highlights, quite literally, of a wonderful visit to the garden on one of this winter's increasingly normal dreary days. In the wild it is most often found growing in swamps where, like Taxodium, it produces pneumatophores (knees), but here at Exbury it is growing on what can only de described as usually moist but well drained soil, which can become seasonally dry. The autumn colour is enhanced by the perfect backdrop of the #trobi champion Quercus glauca which is one of a great many #champion trees in the gardens. Get one if you can. There are some large specimens available @hortusloci and it is definately on my 'Must Prop' list to produce some babes. If you want to learn more about this incredible tree, there is a fantastic TSO editorial #treesandshrubsonline #internationaldendrologysociety #thestoryoftrees #idsdendrology #treeregister
Magnolia insignis, formerly Manglietia insignis. #championtrees #exburygardens My thanks to @marielouiseagius for introducing me to these beauties. Three trees shown in picture 2, with Marie-Louise for scale. One of these was mentioned in Bean as being 10 feet high in 1931. Drone shots courtesy of Marie-Louise. 👌 #thestoryoftrees #treeregister #treesandshrubsonline #trobi #manglietia #rcmgroup #magnoliainsignis
One of many very amazing trees #highdowngardens One of many original introductions from Reginald Farrer no 331 is this magnificent Korean hornbeam #carpinusturczaninovii #treeregister #thestoryoftrees #treesandshrubsonline
Every single tree is a work of art. Training starts young, with the use of rope and bamboo supports and skilful pruning. Last picture is a 300 year old pine, it’s long limbs carefully supported. Fabulous! #cloudpruning #treesandshrubsonline #japanesehorticulture #niwaki
Would you like to gain experience in the forestry industry working for one of the top nurseries? We are hiring seasonal staff for lifting, lining out and grading our trees! Would you be interested? Apply now by emailing [email protected]. #recruitment #seasonalstaff #hiring #hiringnow #treenursery #treesandshrubsonline #trees #LetsTalkTrees
We have just changed our phone number as part of our ongoing efforts to improve our customer service. Our new phone number is +441309 679866. We would greatly appreciate if you could update your contact information and use this number for any future enquiries or feedback. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and we appreciate your understanding and cooperation. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at our new phone number or by replying to this email. Thank you for your continued support and loyalty. We look forward to hearing from you soon! #treenursery #treesandshrubsonline #trees #LetsTalkTrees
Wonderful autumnal colours and light on show throughout the gardens at Palstone lodges right now. #autumn #autumnlook #autumngardens #trees #treesandshrubsonline #holidaylodges
A simplified attempt at distinguishing the leaves of some of the snakebark maples from section Macrantha. Clockwise from the top: Acer davidii - unlobed, oval-shaped A. davidii ssp. grosseri - triangular-oval, may or may not have three shallow side lobes. A. rufinerve - more deeply lobed "maple-like" foliage (with three lobes per leaf). A. capillipes - broadly oval-shaped, each with three pointed lobes. A. tegmentosum - large, round, shallowly lobed. A. pensylvanicum - "leaves obovate, base cordate to rounded, shallowly 3-lobed, lobes ovate, 8–16 × 10–18 cm, central lobe broadly triangular, apex acuminate, lateral lobes smaller, margins finely serrate, upper surface matt green, lower surface pale green, with reddish to rusty pubescence at first, petiole 6–12 cm long, green, grooved; autumn colours yellow to golden." However this is no golden rule as many in cultivation are propagated from seed coming from open pollinated parents. Photo 2 shows two leaves from the same young A. davidii tree! The final photo shows leaves of two good cultivars, A. x conspicuum and A. x conspicuum 'Phoenix' the leaves of both similar to those of one of the alleged parents, A. pensylvanicum, the other being A. davidii. Description of the leaves of all the species mentioned above from a good article from the University of Washinton Botanic Garden #uwbotanicgardens @uwbotanicgardens other than the last A. penylvanicum in much more detail from #treesandshrubsonline @ids.treesandshrubsonline Any feedback gratefully received ... #snakebarkmaple #acerxconspicuum #acerdavidii #acerdavidiisspgrosseri #acergrosseri #acerrufinerve #acercapillipes #acerpensylvanicum #acertegmentosum #acerphoenix #sapindaceae #dendrologia #dendrology #internationaldendrologysociety #polskietowarzystwodendrologiczneczne #treesoninstagram
The amazing fruits/acorns of Lithocarpus pachyphyllus. This evergreen stone oak is the champion tree of Britain and Ireland at Caerhays Castle. #lithocarpus #stoneoak #evergreen #treesandshrubsonline #caerhayscastle
Like something trying to escape from the tree's branches, these are the seed pods of the Goat Horn Tree. First discovered (by a westener) by Ernest Wilson in China in 1908. #carriereacalycina is still quite rare. #thestoryoftrees #treeregister #treesandshrubsonline
Autumn at the nursery 🍁 #autumnvibes #autumncolours #leaveschanging #foliage #treenursery #treesandshrubsonline #trees #LetsTalkTrees
Another batch of cell-grown Sitka ready for delivery! #sitka #sitkaspruce #ukforestry #treenursery #treesandshrubsonline #trees #LetsTalkTrees