Japanese Maple at the Quiet place |
Form and shape are a large consideration when choosing new trees for planting around campus, these complementing each other and without the threat of getting too big in the future.
The Yellow brick road Lined with Sorbus 'Josephs Rock' on the left and Fastigiate Hornbeam on the right |
Weeping Silver Birch (Betula pendula Youngii) |
Lime tree (Tilia cordata) |
Medlar is the name of this large shrub which can also grow to become a small tree, it's also the name of the fruit it bears. The fruit has been used since Roman times and needs to be virtually rotten before it's edible,
Heslington East campus
The campus at Heslington east has ornamental trees alongside architectural trees and native trees planted in woodland blocks. It is also home to the Diamond wood a collection of field maple, alder hornbeam,wild cherry, oak, mountain ash, yew, lime hawthorn, crab apple and blackthorn planted to celebrate the Queens jubilee. Across the 116 Hectares 70,000 trees have already been planted.Across the 116 hectares site, of which only 65 hectares can be developed, 55,000 trees have already been planted
Ornamental Cherry Prunus fructosa globosa |
Field Maples on the central vista |
Woodland planting block Kimberlow hill woodland was chosen by the Woodland Trust to be one of just 60 Diamond Woods in the UK – one for each year of Her Majesty’s reign – under its Jubilee Woods project. So far, more than 16,700 trees – all native to the British Isles – have been planted. |
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