Tag: platanus orientalis

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

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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 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