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Trees Gallery - Guernsey - Sausmarez Manor 2
Euphorbia mellifera
Canary spurge
A.k.a honey spurge. An evergreen shrub or tree growing to 2.5m, native to Madeira and the Canary Islands. with narrow leaves up to 20 cm (8 in) long. In spring it produces brown, honey-scented flowers - mellifera is Latin for "producing honey". Like all euphorbias, this plant contains a milky-white sap, which oozes out of the stems when cut. This can be a skin irritant and is very harmful to the eyes.
Fagus sylvatica
Common beech
A large tree, capable of reaching heights up to 50m, with up to 3m trunk diameter, capable of living up to 300 years. The female flowers produce small triangular beechnuts, two nuts in each cupule a small cup that holds and protects the fruit during its growth and maturation , maturing in the autumn 5–6 months after pollination.
Fagus sylvatica purpurea
Purple leaved beech
Purple rather than green leaves are to do with pigment. Green plants contain a lot of the pigment chlorophyll, which soaks up blue and red light, but not so much absorbing green light — plants containing a lot of chlorophyll appear green to the human eye. Plants that appear purple, blue or red contain a higher concentration of anthocyanin than chlorophyll. Anthocyanin is a pigment adept at absorbing green light, but less skilled at absorbing red, blue or purple light.
Fuschia (magellanica?)
Hardy fuschia
A.k.a. hummingbird fuchsia or chilco. I think this is f. magellanica. This sub-shrub a perennial that is largely herbaceous but slightly woody at the base can grow to 1–3m in height and width in frost-free climates. Its ovate to lanceolate leaves grow in whorls of 3-4 per node, with serrate margins and short (1cm) petioles the stalk attaching a leaf to the stem. It is capable of twisting the leaf to face the sun. . The plant blossoms profusely over a long period with many small, tubular pendent flowers, in brilliant shades of red and purple, softer shades of pink and lavender, and some in white.
Magnolia grandiflora ferruginea
Southern magnolia
A.k.a. bull bay. The species is native to SE USA. This cultivar is a more conical variety of M. grandiflora, growing to 7-12m, but still produces the same large creamy white flowers as the species.
Morus nigra
Black mulberry
A native of SW Asia, a deciduous tree growing to 12m. The fruit is cultivated for its edible fruit. It was imported into Britain in the 17th century to cultivate silkworms, unsuccessfully as they prefer the white mulberry. There are many old trees in country estates.
Phyllostachys
Bamboo
Bamboo is a strictly a grass rather than a tree: its stem (culm), is hollow and lacks a vascular cambium layer and meristem cells at its top, which are present in trees and allow them to increase in diameter and height over the years. In contrast, bamboo reaches its full height in a single season and maintains its diameter without expanding like a tree. Unlike trees, bamboos do not have bark. Instead, they have protective leaves that surround the culm during the prime stages of growth. Bamboo is a colony plant – it grows in clumps or groups, not as individual plants -the bamboo forest is not unlike a lawn! [PlantID]
Picea breweriana ?
Brewer's weeping spruce
I think this is Brewer's weeping spruce, growing near the putting green. A native of W North America, a large evergreen conifer growing to 20-40m. It grows very slowly, typically less than 20cm per year. It is very well adapted to cope with heavy snow and ice loads, with tough branches, and the drooping branchlets shedding snow readily.
