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Category Archives: Street Trees
Introducing Hippophae salicifolia – the willow-leaved sandthorn
Our mystery South London street tree has been identified thanks to a correspondent who was able to recognise a fine avenue of Hippophae salicifolia. Several others suggested sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) which, as it turns out, was close but discounted due … Continue reading
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Tagged berry, curlew street, hippophae, Hippophae rhamnoides, hippophae salicifolia, london, london street, non-native, sallowthorn, sandberry, sandthorn, SE1, sea-buckthorn, shad thames, southwark, street tree, street trees, thorns, undefined, willow-leaved sandthorn
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Stumped: unidentified street tree
On Curlew Street, in that late eighties enclave of converted spice warehouses just east of Tower Bridge on the south bank of the Thames, I have noticed a curious tree. Planted, I imagine, when the area was being cleaned up, … Continue reading
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Tagged berry, curlew street, evergreen, london, non-native, orange berries, SE1, shad thames, southwark, street tree, street trees, thorns, unidentified tree
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Red Oak lives up to its name
In a post about the North American Red Oak (Quercus rubra) I wrote in the balmy days of August, I rather flippantly stated that ”… the beauty of this tree in its native New World is surely its fiery autumn … Continue reading
Posted in Street Trees, Urban landscape
Tagged acer, acer palmatum, highgate, japanese maple, london, maple, more london, N6, non-native, oak, quercus, quercus rubra, red oak, SE1, waterlow park
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Strawberry trees in Southwark
I was surprised and excited to bump into a row of newly planted Strawberry Trees (Arbutus unedo) in a Southwark street recently. As a child with an interest in native trees, I was fascinated to read about this mysterious tree … Continue reading
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Tagged Albizia julibrissin, Arbutus, Arbutus unedo, bermondsey, london, non-native, Persian Silk Tree, SE1, southwark, Strawberry tree, street trees
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On another Plane
I’ve been working up to the inevitable London Plane (Platanus x acerifolia) post for some time but this, you may be pleased to know, is not it. Instead I’d like to compare notes on one of it’s parents, the Oriental … Continue reading
Open House exposes rare London
London Open House is a much anticipated annual opportunity for the nosey, the obsessive and the interested to experience good quality buildings. Every year I make notes to self that I will book a look at the Foreign Office or … Continue reading
The perry pear trees of St. John’s Villas
Not far from Archway tube station, just off the Holloway Road is a street named St. John’s Villas lined with imposing early Victorian houses on one side and a later, more run-of-the-mill terrace on the other. The street is a … Continue reading
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Tagged archway, blossom, fruit trees, islington, london, pear, perry, pyrus, pyrus communis, street trees
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Persian Silk in Globe Street
I was transfixed by the charms of a Persian Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin) in Southwark today. A most majestic and unusual (for England) street tree, in fact a rarely-planted tree anywhere in the UK, street or otherwise. This is perhaps … Continue reading
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Tagged Albizia julibrissin, Globe Street, guerilla gardening, london, Persian Silk Tree, SE1, southwark, street trees
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A Tree Grows in Bermondsey
The Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is a common tree of street plantings, parks and gardens, in fact it pops up everywhere. It has a curious habit (in London at least) of blending in, it has a passing resemblence to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ailanthus altissima, bermondsey, ghetto palm, london, SE1, Tree of Heaven
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Field Maple’s urban resilience
I admire this gawky and unloved Field Maple – acer campestre – on the Hornsey Road in north London. It couldn’t be further away from the bucolic landscape implied by it’s name. This one fills a space on a busy … Continue reading
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Tagged acer campestre, field maple, hornsey road, london, maple, street trees
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