Blog - Botanical

Chalara dieback of ash, commonly known as ash dieback, caused by the Hymenoscyphus fraxineus fungus, has been confirmed at Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, this autumn.

Find out why the Bitternut is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for October ...

Find out why the Heptacodium miconioides is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for September ...

Find out why the Hybrid wingnut is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for August...

Westonbirt Arboretum’s Tree Team is working with The Duchy College to grow new plants from some of the collection’s oldest and rarest rhododendrons.

Find out why the Oliver's lime is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for July...

Find out why the Snowbell tree is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for June...

Find out why the Acer amamiense is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for May...

Find out why the Japanese red maple is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for April...

Find out why the Illicium simonsii is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for March...

Find out why the Farrer's spruce is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for February...

Find out why the Common ash is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for January...

In the final week of our seed collecting expedition we collected under the expert guidance of Ron Lance, who has led us to places where our target species are.

I have chosen to highlight this one this week as our largest, oldest specimen (close to Main Drive and Loop Walk in the Old Arboretum) is looking quite fine in bract right about now.

There is far too much excitement amongst the plants to attempt to mention it all here, so I shall stick to just the one today.