CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

  Hornbeam Carpinus betulus has always been one of my favourite trees. It's native to southern England but widely planted up here in th...

Many trees produce their flowers in elongated catkins in spring, often before the foliage expands. Most - but not all - catkin-bearing tree...

Surely the most gaudy tree in the British flora - spindle Euonymus europaeus . Spindle has been eradicated from hedgerows in some parts o...