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.
Sargent's cherry
The Cherries are beginning to flower and our largest specimen is the Sargent's cherry (Prunus sargentii) at the top of Broad Walk in Silk Wood. It has masses of single pink flowers which appear for just a few brief days in spring. It is one of our finest trees and carefully tended, as can be seen by the props. There is also an example nearby on Waste Drive.
Magnolia dawsoniana
Look out this week for Magnolia dawsoniana on Circular Drive in the Old Arboretum. It produces masses of large pale rose-pink flowers with darker pink stamens. This is one of our earliest magnolias.
Burkwood osmanthus
Also on Circular Drive in the Old Arboretum is the Burkwood osmanthus (Osmanthus x burkwoodii) with its clusters of highly scented small white, jasmine-like blooms.