Friends of Belfast Botanic Gardens

Tree of the month series - this series of short articles about trees in the Belfast Botanic Gardens is compiled by members of the Friends group and Gardens staff. We aim to build up to a comprehensive archive of trees in Belfast Botanic Gardens. Each article will illustrate a tree growing in Belfast Botanic Gardens together with information from a range of sources. Entries are archived here in alphabetical order of latin name.

 

List by Latin name (for list by English name - click here or list by month click here)

Acer freemanii - January 2012

Acer opalus - March 2007

Acer maximowiczii - October 2010

Acer monspessulanum - July 2011

Acer saccharum - June 2008

Acer triflorum - rough-barked maple or three-flowered maple - November 2010

Aesculus flava - January 2010

Aesculus hippocastanum and Aesculus x carnea - June 2008

Ailanthus altissima - August 2008

Alnus maximowiczii - May 2011

Araucaria heterophylla - February 2008

Azara microphylla - March 2009

Betula pendula - May 2010

Betula pubescens - January 2011

Carpinus orientalis - November 2007

Cedrus deodara - October 2008

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - March 2011

Corylus colurna - December 2009

Cryptomeria japonica - November 2008

Diospyros virginiana - August 2009

Eucryphia x nymansensis 'Nymansay' - September 2009

Fagus sylvatica var. heterophylla 'Asplenifolia' - July 2009

Fagus sylvatica - February 2011

Fraxinus excelsior - September 2008

Ginkgo biloba - September 2010

Ilex aquifolium - February 2009

Juglans regia - July 2008

Liriodendron tulipifera - July 2007

Liquidambar styraciflua - December 2010

Malus tschonoskii - November 2011

Mespilus - October 2007

Metasequoia glyptostroboides - April 2007

Morus alba - September 2011

Nothofagus dombeyi - April 2011

Nothofagus antarctica - August 2011

Ostrya virginiana - May 2007

Picea breweriana - October 2009

Pinus nigra - March 2008

Pinus sylvestris - April 2008

Pinus wallichiana - February 2010

Platanus x acerifolia - June 2010

Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii' - April 2009

Pterocarya sp. - August 2010

Quercus canariensis - March 2010

Quercus robur - June 2007

Quercus rubra 'Aurea' - November 2009

Quercus x hispanica 'Fulhamensis' - October 2011

Robinia pseudoacacea- July 2010

Salix x sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma' - May 2009

Sequoia sempervirens - January 2009

Sequoiadendron giganteum - December 2008

Stuartia pseudocamelia - June 2011

Taxodium distichum - December 2007

Taxus baccata - January 2008

Tilia 'petiolaris' - August 2007

Thuja plicata - December 2011

Tsuga heterophylla - May 2008

Xanthocyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula' - April 2010

 

list by English name

Ash - Fraxinus excelsior - September 2008

Antarctic beech - Nothofagus antarctica - August 2011

Austrian pine - Pinus nigra - March 2008

Azara - Azara microphylla - March 2009

Beech, common - Fagus sylvatica - February 2011

Bhutan pine - Pinus wallichiana - February 2010

Brewer's Weeping spruce - Picea breweriana - October 2009

Coastal redwood - Sequoiadendron giganteum - December 2008

Dawn redwood - Metasequoia glyptostroboides - April 2007

Deodar - Cedrus deodara - October 2008

Dombey's Southern Beech - Nothofagus dombeyi - April 2011

Downy birch - Betula pubescens - January 2011

Fern-leaved beech - Fagus sylvatica var. heterophylla 'Asplenifolia' - July 2009

Freeman's maple - Acer freemanii - January 2012

Fulham oak - Quercus x hispanica 'Fulhamensis' - October 2011

Giant redwood - Sequoia sempervirens - January 2009

Ginkgo - Ginkgo biloba - September 2010

Golden oak - Quercus rubra 'Aurea' - November 2009

Green alder - Alnus maximowiczii - May 2011

Holly - Ilex aquifolium - February 2009

Hop hornbeam - Ostrya virginiana - May 2007

Horse chestnut and red horse chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum and Aesculus x carnea - June 2009

Italian maple - Acer opalus - March 2007

Japanese cedar - Cryptomeria japonica - November 2008

Lime - Tilia 'petiolaris' - August 2007

London Plane - Platanus x acerifolia - June 2010

Lawson's cypress - Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - March 2011

Japanese camelia - Stuartia pseudocamelia - June 2011

Maximowicz's Snakebark Maple - Acer maximowiczii - October 2010

Medlar - Mespilus - October 2007

Mirbeck oak - Quercus canariensis - March 2010

Montpellier maple - Acer monspessulanum - July 2011

Norfolk Island pine - Araucaria heterophylla - February 2008

Nymans Eucryphia - Eucryphia x nymansensis 'Nymansay' - September 2009

Oak, pedunculate - Quercus robur - June 2007

Oriental hornbeam - Carpinus orientalis - November 2007

Pendulus Nootka cyprus or "Afghan Hound Tree" - Xanthocyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula' - April 2010

Persimmon, North American - Diospyros virginiana - August 2009

Pillar apple - Malus tschonoskii - November 2011

Purple-leaved plum - Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii' - April 2009

Robinia - Robinia pseudoacacea - July 2010

Scots pine - Pinus sylvestris - April 2008

Silver birch - Betula pendula - May 2010

Sugar maple - Acer saccharum - June 2008

Swamp cypress - Taxodium distichum - December 2007


Sweetgum - Liquidambar styraciflua - December 2010

Three-flowered maple - Acer triflorum - November 2010

Tree of heaven - Ailanthus altissima - August 2008

Tulip tree - Liriodendron tulipifera - July 2007

Turkish Hazel - Corylus colurna - December 2009

Yellow Buckeye - Aesculus flava - January 2010

Yew - Taxus baccata - January 2008

Walnut - Juglans regia - July 2008

Weeping willow - Salix x sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma' - May 2009

White mulberry - Morus alba - September 2011

Wingnut - Pterocarya sp. - August 2010

Western Hemlock - Tsuga heterophylla - May 2008

Western red cedar - Thuja plicata - December 2011

 

List by month

January 2008 - Taxus baccata

January 2009 - Sequoia sempervirens

January 2010 - Aesculus flava

January 2011 - Betula pubescens

January 2012 - Acer freemanii

February 2008 - Araucaria heterophylla

February 2009 - Ilex aquifolium

February 2010 - Pinus wallichiana

February 2011 - Fagus sylvatica

March 2007 - Acer opalus

March 2008 - Pinus nigra

March 2009 - Azara microphylla

March 2010 - Quercus canariensis

March 2011 - Chamaecylaris lawsoniana

April 2007 - Metasequoia glyptostroboides

April 2008 - Pinus sylvestris

April 2009 - Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii'

April 2010 - Xanthocyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'

April 2011 - Nothofagus dombeyi

May 2007 - Ostrya virginiana

May 2008 - Tsuga heterophylla

May 2009 - Salix x sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma'

May 2010 - Betula pendula

May 2011 - Alnus maximowiczii

June 2007 - Quercus robur

June 2008 - Acer saccharum

June 2009 - Aesculus hippocastanum and Aesculus x carnea

June 2010 - Platanus x acerifolia

June 2011 - Stuartia pseudocamelia

July 2007 - Liriodendron tulipifera

July 2008 - Juglans regia

July 2009 - Fagus sylvatica var. heterophylla 'Asplenifolia'

July 2010 - Robinia pseudoacacea

July 2011 - Acer monspessulanum

August 2007 - Tilia 'petiolaris'

August 2008 - Ailanthus altissima

August 2009 - Diospyros virginiana

August 2010 - Pterocarya sp

August 2011 - Nothofagus antarctica

September 2008 - Fraxinus excelsior

September 2009 - Eucryphia x nymansensis 'Nymansay'

September 2010 - Ginkgo biloba

September 2011 - Morus alba

October 2007 - Mespilus

October 2008 - Cedrus deodara

October 2009 - Picea breweriana

October 2010 - Acer maximowiczii

October 2011 - Quercus x hispanica 'Fulhamensis'

November 2007 - Carpinus orientalis

November 2008 - Cryptomeria japonica

November 2009 - Quercus rubra 'Aurea'

November 2010 - Acer triflorum

November 2011 - Malus tschonoskii

December 2007 - Taxodium distichum

December 2008 - Sequoiadendron giganteum

December 2009 - Corylus colurna

December 2010 - Liquidambar styraciflua

December 2011 - Thuja plicata