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#FootpathFriday. Late summer in the #RHSWisley arboretum. #Plants #Trees

A sandy footpath splits into two, the left-hand path continuing straight ahead until it disappears from view amidst some trees. The right-hand path remains in frame for a short distance before being lost from view from the photo. A wooden bench is located at the fork between the paths and, behind that, a small tree. Ornamental grasses and flowering plants grow on either side of the paths and the background of the image is framed by a line of trees. It is late summer and the trees are clad in an abundance of green leaves. The sun is shining and the ground beneath the nearby trees lies in deep shadow.

#ThickTrunkTuesday. Giant sequoia (sequoiadendron giganteum) growing in the arboretum at #RHSWisley. Native to the Pacific coast of the United States, sequoias are threatened by climate change and an increasing frequency of wildfires. Happily, arboretums around the world are well stocked with the trees. #Plants #Trees

A giant sequoia towers into the sky. The trunk is clad with heavily crevassed red/brown bark. Slender branches bearing this season’s growth spring horizontally from the trunk or else curve downward giving the tree its characteristic appearance. The trunk rises into a dense canopy of dark green needles lit by patches of brighter green where sunlight has been able to penetrate. The tree’s canopy is silhouetted against a pale blue sky.

#ThickTrunkTuesday. Algerian fir (abies numidica) growing in the pinetum at #RHSWisley. Endemic only to Algeria where its range is limited to the Atlas Mountains, the species is critically endangered. #Plants #Trees

The smooth, white trunk of an Algerian fir rises into a canopy of dark green needles. The lower part of the trunk is pockmarked with a regular array of knotholes marking the positions of branches now dead. Thin branches radiate almost horizontally from the upper part of the trunk. The tree is silhouetted against the milky white of a cloud filled sky.

#ThickTrunkTuesday. Vertical panorama of a Scot’s pine (pinus sylvestris) growing in the pinetum at #RHSWisley. #Trees #Plants

A tall Scot’s pine grows in a glade of other pines. The foreground is brown with fallen pine needles from past seasons. Further away are close cropped lawns crossed right to left by a footpath. Beyond the path is the beginning of a woodland of mixed pines, oak and beech. Behind the tree canopy, a bright blue sky shows and the sun is shining brightly from the right casting strong shadows.

#ThickTrunkTuesday Atlas Cedar (cedrus atlantica), native to the more mountainous areas of Northwestern Africa, growing here in the pinetum at #RHSWisley. #Plants #Trees

The thick trunk of an Atlas cedar rises into its canopy. Its bark is deeply crevassed and knotted and glows red in the morning sunlight. Approximately half way up, the trunk divides into multiple steeply inclined branches which in turn give way to a canopy of slender, horizontal branches bearing sparse clusters of deep green needles. The canopy is silhouetted against a blue, lightly clouded sky.

@BicycleBen I hope everyone with any kind of voice, including me, who can at least write a coherent sentence, raises that voice to support Milliband strongly now. This idea seems at last like a pivot we can rally around. In my spare time this week I'll be asking whoever I can think of to get behind Milliband with this.

#ChrisPackham #DavidAttenborough #RHSWisley #GreenTransition #EdMilliband #UKPolitics #LabourParty

#ThickTrunkTuesday. Eucalyptus dairympleana growing in a glade of the #RHSWisley arboretum on Battleston Hill. #Trees #Plants

Multiple trunks of a eucalyptus spiral into the sky from a woodland glade. The creamy white bark of the two main trunks is deeply grooved whilst the smaller trunks are smooth. The tree grows against a green backdrop of shrubs and small trees.

#ThickTrunkTuesday. Dawn redwood (metasequoia glyptosporoides) in full leaf. Here growing in the #RHSWisley arboretum. Truly a beautiful tree. #Plants #Trees.

The bronze coloured trunk of a dawn redwood towers up into its canopy of fresh green leaves. Slender branches radiate almost horizontally from the trunk bearing clusters of fern-like leaves. The sun is shining brightly and, where it breaks through the canopy, colours the leaves an iridescent green leaving the remainder in shadow. Glimpses of blue sky can be seen through the gaps in the canopy.

#FootpathFriday. A late autumn walk through the pinetum at #RHSWisley. #plants #trees

In this image, a dirt and gravel path heads off in a meandering curve, bearing to the right until it is lost to view. A post and rail fence borders the path on its right hand side. To the left, a closely cropped area of grass. The trunks of two Scot’s pines loom over the path from the right foreground. Ahead, in the middle ground and beyond, a spinney stands out greenly comprised mostly of oaks of varying ages. The shallow, late autumn sun shines obliquely through the trees illuminating the path brightly.

#ThickTrunkTuesday. An early spring photograph of a dawn redwood (metasequoia glyptosporoides) growing on Battleston Hill at #RHSWisley. #Plants #Trees

The massive, buttressed trunk of a dawn redwood towers into a blue, cloud flecked sky. The trunk is bathed in the bright sunshine which is only possible before its dense canopy of leaves has formed. The powerful vertical lines of the trunk are broken by thin branches which grow horizontally left and right, each bearing a faint furze of newly formed leaves.

#FootpathFriday. A flashback to early spring. A walk in the arboretum at #RHSWisley. #Plants #Flowers #Bloomscrolling

A dirt footpath enters the bottom right of the image, proceeding on a more or less straight trajectory to the middle ground where it disappears amongst shrubs and trees. To the right of the path, a large magnolia is heavy with white blooms. To the left, rhododendrons grow bearing red and pink flowers. Pine trees grow in the background including three Scot’s pines (pinus sylvestris) sparsely covered with their sombre green foliage and silhouetted against a grey, cloudy sky.

#ThickTrunkTuesday American Beech (fagus grandifolia) growing in the arboretum at #RHSWisley. #Trees #Plants

A stout, silver-grey trunk rises into a canopy of dark green leaves. The bark of the tree is smooth and thick branches radiate left and right bearing spear-shaped leaves. The canopy is dense and prevents even a glimpse of the blue sky beyond.

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) carries out charitable works to bring horticulture and gardening closer to all sections of society including school children, NHS patients and people with disabilities. It has lost £6m since 2023 as a consequence of Highways Agency road widening works on the A3/M25 near its Wisley site, which has resulted in the curtailment of many projects. If you value the sort of work the RHS carries out, please sign this petition and/or boost. #RHSWisley #Plants #Flowers #bloomscrolling https://chng.it/TNSRjBWqh7

#ThickTrunkTuesday. Sweet chestnut (castanea saliva) growing on Battleston Hill, #RHSWisley.

Heavily pollarded sweet chestnut in midsummer, bearing a thin crown of leaves. Because the branches have been extensively cut back, the tree has adapted by growing a coat of additional leaves from the main trunk. The canopy is silhouetted against a deep blue sky.

#ThickTrunkTuesday. A group of four black pines (pinus negra) growing on Battleston Hill at #RHSWisley. The ground is brown with dead pine needles with the upper half of the image green with the new seasons growth. #plants #trees

A group of black pines (pinus negra) growing in a glade at RHS Wisley. The ground is covered in a carpet of brown pine needles from last season’s growth.

#thicktrunktuesday Jeffrey pine or pinus jeffreyii. Native to the Southwest United States, this specimen grows in the arboretum at #RHSWisley. #plants #trees

The sparse, coniferous foliage of a Jeffrey pine splayed out against an electric blue sky.

Two robins enjoying life at #RHSWisley in #Surrey #photography #wildlife #birdsofmastodon

#ThickTrunkTuesday Trunk of a mountain gum (eucalyptus dairympleana) growing in a glade. The mountain gum is native to South East Australia. #RHSWisley arboretum. #Trees #Plants

Trunk of an eucalyptus displaying its handsome grey bark. The bark on the main part of the tree is characteristically split and peeling whereas the bark on the two smaller boughs branching from the front of the tree are smooth. The tree grows against a background of ornamental shrubs.

The new access to RHS Wisley is bonkers if you’re coming from the South… You always had to double back leaving going back to the M25 J10, but now it’s a double-double back in both directions… Approx 3.5 miles extra each way. #rhs #rhsWisley #M25 #A3 #M25J10