Blog - Tree of the Month

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...

Find out why winter hazels are our Dendrologist's tree of the month...

Find out why the Canary Islands Juniper is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for March...

Find out why the Rhododendron ririei is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for February...

Find out why the Incense Cedar or Calocedrus decurrens is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for January...

Find out why the White barked birch is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for December...

Find out why the Monterey cypress is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for November...

Find out why the Bitter ash is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for October...

Find out why the Euonymus oxyphyllus is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for September...

Find out why the Japanese Angelica Tree is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for August...

Find out why the Chinese yellowwood Tree is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for July...

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