Kings Heath Park Trees

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  • Noteworthy trees

    There is a permanent section in the website about noteworthy trees but at the moment there is a lot happening with trees blooming and going into seed in what seems like the blink of an eye. I’ve already written about the chocolate-smelling tree, Azara microphylla. That has well and truly finished flowering now. In late […]

    Brian Holmes

    May 15, 2022
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  • What a difference a few weeks makes

    In March I took some pictures of some small red flowers on a tree. There were so many they made the whole tree appear red against the sky. There were no leaves at that time and I had no idea what the tree was. These are female flowers made up of a stigma (top), style […]

    Brian Holmes

    Apr 25, 2022
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  • The essence of a walk

    What makes a walk in the park a good walk? The sunshine helps a great deal but some people do like to walk in the rain – even sing in the rain. Personally I prefer the sunshine, whether its cold or warm I don’t mind, as long as it’s bright. A bright blue sky with […]

    Brian Holmes

    Mar 17, 2022
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  • Nothing to cry about

    There’s a tree on the bank of the pond that is worth keeping an eye on at the moment. It grows on the tennis court side of the pond but leans over and spreads its branches out over the pond in the typical fashion of a Weeping willow (Salix babylonica). It is busily producing catkins […]

    Brian Holmes

    Mar 11, 2022
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  • Magnolia in bloom

    It’s just over two weeks since I took this photograph of the Campbell’s magnolia near the white house. I missed the opening of the first blooms – I must have been sleep-walking as I passed this by every day. Anyway, I finally woke up and noticed it the other day, covered in flowers; some past […]

    Brian Holmes

    Mar 9, 2022
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  • Nesting

    My wife and I went for our usual walk in the park this morning; it was a lovely sunny day. There were lots of people out enjoying the fresh air and sunshine, chasing pokemon and training their dogs; just regular folk making good use of the local park. We couldn’t help but notice all the […]

    Brian Holmes

    Feb 26, 2022
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  • Bark

    Have you ever been to a quiz where you’re asked what the largest human organ is? Depending on which authority / point of view you take, one expected answer is ‘the skin’. The only reason I mention it is that it is often overlooked as such a large part of our bodies – apart from […]

    Brian Holmes

    Feb 24, 2022
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  • Winter colour

    We may not have thrown off the gloom of winter just yet but there is colour in the park. Walking up past the tennis courts towards the white house there is a large Camellia bush in bloom with lovely pale pink flowers. Turn left and in the area by the picnic tables there are two […]

    Brian Holmes

    Feb 24, 2022
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  • Something in the air

    Over the past several weeks my wife and I have notice a pleasant scent wafting through the air at various places in the park. The source is these pretty pink flowers and we think they are winter flowering vibernum.

    Brian Holmes

    Feb 23, 2022
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  • Unknown flowers

    I’ve noticed these flowers, on my morning walk, just recently and wondered what they are. I haven’t noticed any leaves on the tree just yet – it is still only February. Web searches have, so far, failed to produce any answers. The books I have that are guides to British trees don’t take into account […]

    Brian Holmes

    Feb 21, 2022
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