Seasonal Calendar Winter
January
February
March
Birch (Betula) bark can be brilliant white
Corylus Contorta and Salix Golden Curls
Flowering Cherries burst with colour,
and smooth, or rich, dark and flaky.
have architectural, twisted branches.
such as Beni-yutaka, Kursar, Okame,
Willows (Salix) offer fresh yellow or
Hamamelis flowers offer gorgeous
Frilly Frock and The Bride. The blossom
red stems. Dogwood (Cornus) provide
yellows, oranges and reds, many highly
of Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots and
bright fiery reds and rich purples.
scented. Clusters of yellow flowers
Almonds is also a spectacular sight.
Flowering cherry trees, such as Prunus
will also appear on Cornus mas. Lovely
Magnolia begin to flower, especially
serrula, display stunning, shiny red bark.
catkins will adorn Hazel (Corylus), Birch
earlier varieties such as ‘Honey Tulip’ and
Snakebark Maples have beautiful striped
(Betula) and Alder (Alnus). Some early
‘Charles Raffill’.
bark.
Flowering Cherries (Prunus) bloom.
Summer
July
August
September
The fruit of Cherry trees will start to
From August many fruit trees will begin
Most dessert Apples and Pears ripen, as
ripen. Fresh leaves provide a huge
to offer crop: Plum, Gages, Peaches,
well as Asian Pears. Damsons, Mirabelles
range of colour, forms and textures to
Nectarines, Apricots, Figs and early
and later Plums. Many nut trees begin
the garden: Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’, Acer
Apples. Mulberries will start fruiting
to produce a crop, including Hazels,
‘Crimson King’, Acer ‘Drummondii’,
as well as many soft fruit bushes such
Chestnuts, Walnuts and Almonds. For
Acer ‘Princeton Gold’, Catalpa, Cotinus,
as Gooseberries, Blackcurrants and
ornamentals Heptacodium miconioides
Ginkgo and Gleditsia. Early plums such
Redcurrants. Some ornamental trees will
is in it’s fully scented glory.
as Herman and River’s Early Prolific.
come into blossom such as Albizia and Hoheria.
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