Southern Collection

Japanese Wingnut
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1835
Pterocarya rhoifolia, 2023, H + G (wales), 1993, Unknown

A handsome tree, with spreading branches clothed in long pinnate foliage. Pendulous catkins of lush green flowers drape the branches during the summer months. Unlike other members of the walnut family, it is not susceptible to late frosts, and is also a good deal faster in growth. Flowering in June, the tree bears winged, edible, one-seeded nuts.

Turkey Oak or Australian Oak
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1971
Quercus Cerris ‘Marmor Star’, 2023, H + G (Wales), 1989, M. Frazer

This tree is at the south end of the Apple group, by the canal. A cultivar of the Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) characterised by its deeply cut leaves, mottled with pale green flecks.

Chelsea Sentinel lime
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2262
Tilia tomentosa ‘Chelsea sentinel’, 2023, H+G (Wales), 1988, Unknown

Tilia tomentosa ‘Chelsea Sentinel’ is a cultivar of the Silver lime, Tilia tomentosa, a large tree up to 30 metres tall, with a broad pyramidal shape and roundish, heart-shaped leaves. These are sharply toothed, dark green above and silvery white-tomentose beneath. The flowers are a dull white, produced in clusters in late summer. ‘Chelsea Sentinel’ has a distinctly columnar shape, weeping branches and long-stalked leaves.

Erman’s Birch
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2042
Betula ermanii, 2023, H (Wales) + G, 1966-67, W. Nelmes Snr

Betula ermanii is a medium-sized tree growing to around 22 metres, with a broadly conical crown that becomes rounded on mature trees. The trunk has creamy-white bark, sometimes pinkish, horizontally peeling, while on the branches the bark is brown or red-brown. The leaves are heart-shaped, coarsely toothed and bright green in summer, turning yellow in autumn.

Purple hybrid bean tree
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2091
Catalpa x erubescens ‘Purpurea’, 2023, H, 1990, M.Frazer

Catalpa x erubescens ‘Purpurea’ is a cultivar of Catalpa x erubescens, itself a hybrid of the Indian bean tree (C. bignonioides) and Yellow catalpa (C. ovata). ‘Purpurea’ is is a medium-sized tree distinguished by its very dark purple young leaves. These gradually become dark green as they mature but they remain darker than the type, and they retain purple stalks and purplish veins. The flowers are 3cm across, and white with orange and purple markings.

Hybrid Wingmut
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3337
Pterocarya x rehderiana, 2022, H+G, Unknown, Unknown

Pterocarya x rehderiana is a hybrid of the Causasian and Chinese wingnuts, Pterocarya fraxinifolia and Pterocarya stenoptera. It is a large and fast-growing tree, up to around 25 metres tall, often with a short trunk and a very broad crown. Its bark is grey and closely ridged, and the leaves are pinnate, 20cm or more long, with eleven to twenty-one leaflets.

Lawson’s cypress ‘Gold Lace’
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3294
lawsoniana ‘Gold Lace’, 2023, H(Wales)+G, 1992, Unknown

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana is a large, dense, conical tree reaching heights in excess of 40M in Britain. Its trunk often forks, and it has reddish brown, coarse bark. The foliage varies from dark to glaucous green and consists of fan-like sprays which may droop at the tips. When crushed the foliage has a scent resembling that of parsley or resin. The leaves are pointed though not prickly, and underneath they have grey/white streaks along the joints. The leaf threads are 1.8mm wide.