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.
Chestnut-leaf holly
We haven’t seen many holly berries this year but there are a few you can spot along Main Drive and Specimen Avenue. We particularly like the Chestnut-leaf hollies (Ilex x koehneana) with their dark red fruit and dark green leaves.
Pinus x holfordiana
There is a young Holford pine (Pinus x holfordiana) on the Downs near Dukes Cut Gate where you can get a close encounter with the large, banana-like cones. They're flexed with resin and very sticky.
Persian ironwood
The Persian ironwoods (Parrotia persica), having delighted us throughout autumn with their glowing leaf colour, are now providing new pleasure with masses of tiny crimson flowers emerging from dark hairy bracts. Get up close to see them. Good examples can be found on Mitchell Drive, Broad Drive and at the Willesley Drive entrance to Cherry Glade.