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This has got to be London's most overlooked street tree species. It's a Chonosuki crabapple or Malus tschonoskii originating from Japan. Their hard round, rosy fruits are littering pavements from Anerley to Walthamstow right now. It's a popular choice it seems, maybe because it maintains a neat, fastigiate habit - another name is Pillar Apple - and it doesn't get too big, or live too long, so it's easy and cheap to maintain. There are thousands of them around town, but you'd be forgiven for not noticing them. In spring, their fleeting blossom appears in dull creamy-coloured bunches and that's about all there is to write home about until those fruits start hitting the deck. In some years, they can put on a fiery autumn display, but don't hold your breath, it looks like 2019 might be a year off. #Treestagram #Treesofinstagram #instatree #tree_captures #Tree_brilliance #sharenaturepics #allkindsofnature #treesplease #RBKC #Chelsea #treemagic #treelover #pocket_trees #worldwide_trees #treelover #treeshunter #streettree #treelinedstreet #UrbanForest #Urbanlandscape #londonstreets #treesoflondon #LondonPop #LondonisaForest #Malustschonoskii #londonbylondoners #london_enthusiasts #ilovelondon #thisislondon

One of the first trees to turn in the autumn is the surprisingly frequent Freeman's maple (Acer x freemanii). It starts in late September and can be relied upon to rouge up nicely by mid-October. It also has an attractive fastigiate shape making it fairly easy to identify at this time of year. It's a hybrid between two eastern North American species, Silver and Red maples (A. rubrum and A. saccharinum). Closest in appearance to Red maple, the key difference is the more deeply incised leaves with whitish undersides, the influence of its silver parent. #Treestagram #Treesofinstagram #instatree #tree_captures #Tree_brilliance #sharenaturepics #allkindsofnature #treesplease #Lewisham #Deptford #treemagic #treelover #pocket_trees #worldwide_trees #treelover #treeshunter #streettree #treelinedstreet #UrbanForest #Urbanlandscape #londonstreets #treesoflondon #LondonPop #LondonisaForest #Acerxfreemanii #londonbylondoners #london_enthusiasts #ilovelondon #thisislondon

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