Blog - Tree of the Month

The attractive Pheasant berry shrub is our tree of the month - much loved by game birds such as pheasants for its fruit!...

This month we’re featuring the flowering dogwood, a tree with origins in North America that is worth seeking out throughout the year whether it’s in flower or not.

This month we’re showcasing a highly decorative specimen, the Foxglove Tree. With four species of this tree located in the arboretum, you’ll want to seek them out to experience these ornamental beauties.

Discover more about this rare and very scarcely grown plant, originally from China in this tree of the month blog.

Last year we asked you to help us choose a cultivar name for our new Magnolia hybrid, Magnolia sprengeri × campbellii. And with a landslide victory, the name chosen was……Westonbirt Hope...

This month we're exploring the Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum). It is one of the first trees you see when arriving at Westonbirt and when in flower with is deep pink flowers you'll not want to miss it.

The Paperbark maple, Acer griseum is very distinctive due to its flaky-like bark and colour.

During the winter months, dogwoods, such as the red barked dogwood brighten the arboretum.

We're heading to Chile for the tree of the month blog to learn more about the Chilean lantern tree.

An expedition around the world with Sir Francis Drake brought Winter's bark into the limelight.

A tree species rediscovered in the 1940s which dates back to the dinosaurs...

As February draws to a close and we embrace the start of spring we're taking a look at another of Westonbirt's living fossils, which came back from the dead on the other side of the world, the Wollemi pine.

This year we will be taking you on a journey around the world at Westonbirt, exploring our collection and learning new things along the way.

Find out why the Stewartia rostrata is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for June...

Find out why a member of the heather family, the Enkianthus, is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for May...