Tuesday 7 July 2020

Tree Following Update

For Tree Following this year I've selected a beautiful horse chestnut tree in one of the cemeteries on our #DailyExercise route.You can see my first blogpost about this tree here, my second is here and my third is here.

Here are some photos of the tree over the past few weeks, firstly looking into the canopy:


The first yellow leaves appeared early in June, this photo was taken on 9 June

on the same day we noticed that some of the conkers were starting to develop their characteristic spikes

and this is how far the conkers (on a different part of the tree) have developed now (photo taken yesterday)


Of course, this horse chestnut isn't the only tree I'm paying attention to at the moment. We're lucky to have several beautiful lime (linden) trees near where we live and in the cemeteries which we visit for Daily Exercise. These are my favourite trees at this time of year as they are in bloom and they smell wonderful!

7 comments:

Karen said...

A nice progression!

Simon Douglas Thompson said...

I miss the conker candles

eileeninmd said...

Hello,

Great post and photos from your tree following. The trees that bloom and have a wonderful scent are great. Have a great day!

Rambling Woods said...

I love that you are following this tree...

Sherrie said...

Hi,
Lovely trees...I like blooming trees the best..
have a great day!

Squirrelbasket said...

Horse chestnuts have so much interest all year round, don't they? I particularly like the canopy when the leaves start coming out and they are tiny but there are so many of them.

Limes are also a favourite but there is only one sort that really smells, as far as I can tell, the one with white-backed leaves. We have an example near us which I thought I would never smell again as the site is being redeveloped for posh houses. But it's still there, thank goodness...
I'm loving your blog :)

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