Tag: london plane

The rain in London falls mainly on the planes

Post author By paulitzer
Post date 5 August, 2023
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London plane trees should take their place alongside other London particulars like red buses, odd skyscrapers and unpredictable weather.

Tags cities, london, london plane, platanus, platanus orientalis, platanus x acerifolia, platanus x hispanica, rainfall, street trees, trees, treescape, urban forest, weather

Street Trees Urban landscape

Sheffield’s tree protestors show stainless steel

Post author By paulitzer
Post date 2 October, 2018
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This is the post I’ve been thinking about for months. Yep, the one about how they’re cutting down all the street trees in Sheffield. Until now I didn’t feel I could quite do it justice, but a few days ago I went to Sheffield to meet the campaigners and to see for myself what was […]

Tags amey, avenue, elm, horse chestnut, london plane, nether edge, oak, sheffield, street trees, sycamore

Street Trees Urban landscape

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 Plane (Platanus orientalis). Two examples of these relatives of the acerifolia (Maple-leaved) tree inhabit Brunswick […]

Tags Bloomsbury, Georgian architecture, london, london plane, oriental plane, plane tree, platanus, platanus orientalis, platanus x acerifolia, street trees, WC1