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Red Oak lives up to its name

Post author By paulitzer
Post date 4 November, 2011
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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 colours which in our damper and milder oceanic climate is watered down from a rich […]

Tags acer, acer palmatum, highgate, japanese maple, london, maple, more london, N6, non-native, oak, quercus, quercus rubra, red oak, SE1, waterlow park

Street Trees

North Americans surround City Hall

Post author By paulitzer
Post date 17 August, 2011
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More London is the could-do-better new development of the usual eateries, open spaces and largely unremarkable office buildings on the southbank just west of City Hall. It does try hard though and has some interesting bits like the water feature running the length of the dramatic diagonal pedestrian conduit between Tooley Street and the river. […]

Tags betula papyrifera, city hall, more london, quercus rubra, street trees, tooley street