Trees in parks & gardens 2016

[Garden Prince]

I always thought it was Styrax japonicUS .... and Hillier agrees with me

[Gabriela]

I always thought it was Styrax japonicUS .... and Hillier agrees with me

Yes, Your Highness, I didn't double checked and trusted the Arnold label 
It did seem to be of a 'masculin' nature, Latin speaking. Name changed, except the image remains att. as japonica, I don't feel like uploading it again now, maybe tomorrow.

[fermi de Sousa]

Another genus that has species which do well here is Crataegus.
The Mexican Hawthorn, Crataegus mexicana (AKA C. pubescens stipulacea) produces a spreading semi-evergreen canopy and yellow fruit in late autumn; the foliage turns yellow before it falls when is cold enough to cause it to shed.
The Washington Thorn, Crataegus phaenopyrum, produces red-orange berries in mid-autumn and the foliage can be orange-red to maroon. We rarely see the fruit ripen due to the birds which prune the bunches off while they are still green (the berries, that is, the parrots are red).
A number of seedlings found under the Mexican Thorn are reaching maturity and one has formed some berries,
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

The last reply I posted was supposed to have been posted a few weeks ago!
Mainly because the hybrid crataegus berries have turned a bit more orange this week,
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fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Malus trilobata is a popular upright, almost poplar-like small tree which has coloured up very nicely this year
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fermi

[Maggi Young]

Nice shape as well as colour on the Malus trilobata, fermi.

[johnw]

The paw paw tree, Asimina triloba, is in flower today on a local university campus, no fruit expected as they only have one clone. Odd flowers that produce fruit that taste of banana. We've got a seedling for them so fruit is expected in a few years time. Excuse my dirty paw. 

john

[Gabriela]

Ah, the paw paw - delicious! It can be grown here too but I've never seen it with fruits. Beautiful golden fall foliage.

[fermi de Sousa]

We need admin to get cracking on the "scent button" 
The lemony scent can be enjoyed at quite a distance from this shrub of Lonicera fragrantissima
cheers
fermi

[johnw]

Likely a first for Halifax, Magnolia grandiflora 'Bracken's Brown Beauty', the famous Southern Bull Bay magnolia, is in flower outdoors having admirably braved the past winter.  The buds have been sitting there for weeks but a good drenching got them moving on the weekend past.


johnw

[Gerdk]

This is a pic made by my friend in the forests near Wuppertal.
Quercus rubra - what a will to survive!

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

This is a pic made by my friend in the forests near Wuppertal.
Quercus rubra - what a will to survive!

Gerd

My word! That is pretty impressive, isn't it?