Know Your Trees

The Mighty Oak Tree

The oak tree holds a special place in all our hearts. It’s the most common species of tree in England,...

The silver birch is a striking tree, with its silver-grey trunk and limbs that shed paper-like bark, light canopy and...

The hazel is a mysterious tree, treasured as a symbol of knowledge, thought to be magical, and later cultivated for...

If you have a holly tree in your garden, lucky you – it’s one of my favourite trees for the...

The ash tree is the third most common tree in Britain, behind the birch and the oak, according to the...

The Leyland Cypress is an evergreen tree, shaped much like a flame in silhouette with tiny dark green leaves and...

Known as ‘May blossom’ because historically it has flowered in May, it’s also called the ‘bread and cheese tree’ because...

Sorbus aucuparia, commonly called the rowan, is a deciduous tree with a history stretching back thousands of years across the...