Window on Westonbirt Arboretum

What's looking good

Our Window on Westonbirt Volunteers have explored the arboretum this week to inform our visitors of the following not to be missed seasonal highlights.

Use Arboretum Explorer to help you discover more tree locations around the arboretum.

Shiny black berries sit on a light green branch surrounded by light green leaves.

Christmas Box

There are some very fragrant scents to be enjoyed at this time of year and Christmas Box (Sarcococca hookeriana var. hookeriana) on Main Drive is one such delight. It has clusters of small white flowers and red and black berries.

Silk tassel bush

Just off Loop Walk you'll find the Silk tassel bush (Garrya elliptica 'James Roof') with its long soft silvery-green catkins. Ours is a male which carries the finest catkins.

Cascades of long soft grey-green catkins adorn the superb winter-flowering Silk tassel bush
The pale yellow flowers of a Japanese witch hazel. Dark red middles with long thin petals

Japanese witch hazel

The pale yellow flowers of the Japanese witch hazel (Hamamelis japonica) will brighten up the gloomiest winter day and if you get close to them they have a delicate fragrance. Examples can be found on Morley Drive and Saville Glade.