Bark!

Betula – no species given

River Birch, Betula nigra, N.America

Betula albo-sinenis – Chinese Red-Barked Birch

Chinese red-barked birch, Betula albo-sinensis var septentrionalis

Zelkovia schneideriana, from China

Castanea sativa, Sweet or Spanish Chestnut

Fallen Eucaplytus

Bishop Pine, Picea muricata
California, NW Mexico

Stone Pine, Pinus Pinea – 1969

Salix alba – White Willow

A walk through Kew, enjoying a bright chill day that the BBC weatherman assured me would hold nothing but rain upon more rain. Plus there was a parking space by the Victoria Gate entrance, so there was no excuse to call in. My rules!

I’ve recently explored  (deep breath..) the woodland area by the Temple of Aeolus, the Rock Garden and Alpine glasshouse, grass borders, family beds, the rose garden and Palm House, the Japanese Landscape and the Minka House, by the Bamboo garden and the Rhododendron Walk – the Xstrata treetop walk, Mediterranean Landscape and seen…