Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Beeches in winter silhouette

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1) European beeech, Fagus sylvatica, raft, 40 cm 2) ditto, 30 cm, stump 3) ditto, broom form, 50 cm 4 and 5) ditto broom form, 50 cm quite...

hornbeams in winter silhouette

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1)  Carpinus betulus, European hornbeam, 50 cm, pot by Derek Aspinall 2)  hornbeam forest 3)  big hornbeam, virtual, change of position in p...

the small linden

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Tilia platiphyllos, linden, lime tree, only 30 cm high, which is quite rare for a tree with leaves which can be as big as 10 cm! Two fronts ...

the naturalistic oak

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 European oak (Englsih oak), Quercus robur, 60 cm high, collected in Germany, pot by Derek Aspinall 1) before, in late winter 2005/6 2) afte...

Even more flowering trees

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1)  Prunus mahaleb, wild cherry, 35 cm, pot by petra Tomlinson 2)  Deutzia grazilis, 12 cm 3)  Prunus cerasifera, wild cherry, project of a...

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Often I do photographs of the same tree in sun and then after hours later in shade.  Quite often the shady ones come out better because the ...

more flowering trees in winter silhouette

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1 and 2)Prunus cerasifera, wild cherry, 50 cm, "ugly duckling" 3) Afghan lilac, 10 cm, I have never seen one flowering yet  
Tuesday, January 2, 2007

The big quince in winter silhouette

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Pseudocydonia sinensis, imported raw material from Japan, originally from Korea, 65 cm high, quite old, from collected tree . I hope it will...

some rare species in winter silhouette

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1) currant, Ribes, wild form from the Alps, 26 cm 2) hazelnut, 25 cm 3) white mulberrry, Morus alba, 20 cm 4) Wild honeysuckle, Lonicera xyl...

fat little trident maple

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This one has lots of potential. at the moment it looks quite ugly,  but it will shine in a couple of years. the pot is by Peter Krebs. The t...