Follow the development of the flower garden, organic farm and arboretum throughout the year at South Farm.
Category Archives: Arboretum The cherries, plums, apples and pears in the orchard have been flowering for weeks now and continue to provide a great display for wedding guests this month. The underplanting of Narcissi bulbs through out the orchard and arboretum has provided great colour from February onwards. We expect this to improve every year as we plant...  The March tree of the month is Prunus serrula or Tibetan cherry. Prunus serrula is grown for its mahogany like trunk, the bark is continually pealing to reveal shiny new trunk that darkens with age. It forms a rounded shape with dark green leaves that turn yellow or reddish autumn. Its spring flowers are small...  The tree of the month for February is Betula nigra or the River Birch. Originally found along the river banks of the South Eastern United States, this medium sized tree makes a great show with its shaggy, flaking, cinnamon/orange bark. This is a great tree for wet soils and so suited the site here at South...  The tree of the month for January is Pinus sylvestris or the Scots Pine. The Scots Pine is the only pine indigenous to the British Isles to be grown commercially and can grow up to 35m in height with a trunk of 1m in diameter. It is the national tree of Scotland and whilst it was found...  The December tree of the month is Taxus baccata fastigiata or the Irish yew, also known as Blue John and Florence court yew. They grow into large shrubs or small evergreen trees with dense linear leaves. The Irish yew was first discovered in County Fermanagh in 1780 and is thought to be a strange offshoot of the... |
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