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Horse Chestnuts in bloom
May 16, 2019 1 Comment by urbantreelover International

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
May 13, 2019 1 Comment by urbantreelover Beech (Fagus)

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
May 12, 2019 1 Comment by urbantreelover flowers

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
May 10, 2019 1 Comment by urbantreelover Elm (ulmus)

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
May 7, 2019 3 Comments by urbantreelover Caucasian Wingnut (pterocarya fraxinifolia)

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
Apr 7, 2019 3 Comments by urbantreelover International

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
Nov 16, 2018 3 Comments by urbantreelover Hiking

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
Sep 30, 2018 3 Comments by urbantreelover International

Townbuilders

Specie: London Plane (platanus × acerifolia) Location: Bath Spa, UK Having spent the last week in the UK, it is […]

Sakura
May 15, 2018 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Crabapple (malus)

Sakura

Species: Sour cherry trees (prunus), Weeping cherry tree, (prunus pendula maxim), Crab Apple (malus halliana), Dwarf Crab Apple (malus micromalus) […]

24hrs and 813kms
Dec 9, 2017 3 Comments by urbantreelover International

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
Nov 18, 2017 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover International

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
Nov 11, 2017 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover International

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
Nov 10, 2017 1 Comment by urbantreelover International

Purple Sydney

Specie: Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) Location: Sydney, Australia It’s pretty amazing that a single specie of tree can define a city […]

Yosemite
Oct 13, 2017 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Hiking

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
Sep 28, 2017 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover International

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
Sep 27, 2017 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover International

Bela Sombra

Specie: Ombú (phytolacca dioica) Location: Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal This tree is called Bela Sombra, or beautiful shade in Portuguese. It […]

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