Our Window on Westonbirt volunteers have explored the arboretum this week to let you know what's looking its best. Keep an eye out for the following seasonal highlights - they're not to be missed! You can also use our Arboretum Explorer to discover more tree locations around the arboretum.
Button bush
The Button bush on Circular Drive and Willesley Drive has a distinctive pin-cushion appearance created by tiny tubular white flowers (Cephalanthus occidentalis). It can reach tree height in its native North and South America but at Westonbirt it remains a small shrub, popular with visitors, bees and butterflies.
Clethra barbinervis
You get a more dramatic sense of scale on Circular Drive from the Japanese clethra (Clethra barbinervis) which is covered in panicles of white scented flowers against dark green leaves.
Acer capillipes
The Acers to continue to provide interest with their clusters of green and reddish winged fruits, such as the Red snake-bark maple off Maple Loop in Silk Wood (Acer capillipes).
