Horse Chestnuts in bloom
Having visited parks and gardens (and streets) in Europe in the past, I have had many encounters with the Horse […]
Beech at Keukenhof
Beyond, and above, the impressive collections of tulips inside the Keukenhof gardens outside Amsterdam were splendid trees, such as this […]
Tulips: Vincent Van Gogh
This Tulip is actually named after the famous Dutch artist. There wasn’t any explanation as to why this particular variant […]
Photo of the day: Elms of Amsterdam
My few precious days in Amsterdam was spent walking the canals and looking at trees. At first, I wasn’t really […]
Photo of the day: Caucasian Wingnut@Rijksmusuem
Came across this impressive Caucasian Wingnut (pterocarya fraxinifolia) in the garden of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. I really don’t know […]
Revisiting Wendy’s Secret Garden
Location: Wendy’s Secret Garden,North Sydney Species: various Had a wonderful time again revisiting Wendy’s Secret Garden in North Sydney. Got […]
Sweet Gums of Yangmingshan
Specie: Sweet Gum Location: Yangmingshan Park, Taipei Yangmingshan is a mountain just north of Taipei in Taiwan. While there are […]
Townbuilders
Specie: London Plane (platanus × acerifolia) Location: Bath Spa, UK Having spent the last week in the UK, it is […]
Sakura
Species: Sour cherry trees (prunus), Weeping cherry tree, (prunus pendula maxim), Crab Apple (malus halliana), Dwarf Crab Apple (malus micromalus) […]
24hrs and 813kms
Specie: Japanese Superb Fig Location: wall above the entrance to Mr H. S. Punti at the end David Lane; Daan […]
Illawarra flame
Specie: Illawarra Flame tree (brachychiton acerifolius) Location: Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia Just as I was enraptured by the purple haze […]
Wendy’s secret garden
Species: various Location: Lavender Bay, North Sydney Hidden down a small resident street inside the Lavender Bay area of North […]
Purple Sydney
Specie: Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) Location: Sydney, Australia It’s pretty amazing that a single specie of tree can define a city […]
Yosemite
Species: Sequoies, pondarosa pines, black oaks, canyon live oaks Location: Yosemite National Park I had the tremendous good fortune to […]
Castelo de São Jorge
Specie: Olive trees Location: Castelo de São Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal The Castelo de São Jorge sits atop the hilltop in […]
Bela Sombra
Specie: Ombú (phytolacca dioica) Location: Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal This tree is called Bela Sombra, or beautiful shade in Portuguese. It […]
Urbantrees of the World 