Oldfern woodland and parklands gallery - Scampston page 3

Euonymous eu Greek for good, onoma, name; Euonymus: Derived from the Greek eu meaning good and onoma meaning name. It is often interpreted as of good repute; hamiltonianus: after Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829), a Scottish physician who made significant contributions to botany while living in India; sieboldianus - after Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866), a German physician and botanist renowned for his studies of Japanese flora. hamiltonianus sieboldianus

Siebold's spindle

a deciduous, tree-like shrub growing 3 - 6 m tall and wide, with brilliant autumn colour and ornamental fruit. It features oval, finely-toothed leaves, small pale green-white flowers, and pink four-lobed fruits that reveal orange seeds in autumn.

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Fagus sylvatica Fagus - Latin for beech; sylvatica - from Latin silvanus, of the forest

Beech

This fine large tree was in the distance, and I couldn't help but take a photo, though I didn't have time to get close enough to see if it had a name, or see what the leaves were like. Inspection on subsequent visits confirm it as a beech.

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Fagus sylvatica Fagus - Latin for beech; sylvatica - from Latin silvanus, of the forest laciniata? - from Latin laciniatus, meaning fringed, jagged, or cut into narrow segments. This refers to the tree’s leaves, which are deeply incised, serrated, or divided, giving them a fern-like or feathery appearance asplenifolia

Fern-leaved beech

A cut leaf form of beech, either asplenifolia or laciniata (some authorities list the two as synonymous, but Trees and Shrubs Online makes a distinction). Smaller than the type, but still growing to 20m.

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Fagus sylvatica Fagus - Latin for beech; sylvatica - from Latin silvanus, of the forest; purpurea - purple purpurea

A huge copper beech, showing what height and width this common tree is capable of - a warning to anyone planting the native variety in their garden! Better to look for the "nana" version. (Yes - I have one in my garden, though I didn't plant it. It was there as a young tree before I arrived. 35 years on and it is getting a bit large!)

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Fothergilla Fothergilla - named after Dr. John Fothergill (1712–1780), an English physician and plant collector; Mount Airy a cultivar named after the Mt. Airy Arboretum in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Fothergilla (Mount Airy?)

A small shrub native to SE USA that has honey-scented, white bottlebrush flowers in spring, summer blue-green foliage, and brilliant yellow, orange, and red colour in autumn. This cultivar could be f. Mount Airy, or possibly f. major.

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Hydrangea hydrangea - from Greek hydro, water and aggos or angeion, jar vessel, referring to the shape of the plant's seed capsules, which resemble ancient water-carrying vessels; aspera - Latin meaning rough-textured," which describes the downy, hairy, or bristly surface of the leaves and stems; Sargentiana - after Charles Sprague Sargent (1841–1927), a leading American dendrologist, botanist, and the first director of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University. aspera sargentiana

A large, upright deciduous shrub growing to 3 m, with bold foliage and late-summer flowers. Sargentiana is a subspecies distinct for its thick, heavily hairy stems and large, dull green, velvety leaves. It produces large, flat lacecap flowerheads (up to 23 cm across). The central fertile flowers are small and violet-blue or purple, surrounded by larger, white to pale pinkish-white sterile ray florets. It has very thick, woody stems covered in stiff, fleshy white or purple hairs (bristly), the bark peeling as it matures.

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Hydrangea hydrangea - from Greek hydro, water and angeion, jar or vessel, referring to the shape of the plant's seed capsules, which resemble ancient water-carrying vessels; quercifolia - describes the plant's distinctive, deeply lobed leaves that look like oak leaves. quercifolia

Oak-leaved hydrangea

A large, upright deciduous shrub native to the SE USA, growing to 4m. It features large, deeply lobed leaves similar to oak leaves, white summer panicles that turn pinkish, and vibrant red/bronze autumn foliage. It has peeling, cinnamon-tan bark.

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Ilex aquifolium ilex : - holm oak; aquifolium - acus 'needle', folium, 'leaf'

Variegated holly

One of very few native British hardwood evergreen trees. It can exceed 10 m in height, but is more often 2 - 3 m. It can live 500 years, but usually does not reach 100. The flowers are white, four-lobed, and pollinated by bees. Holly is dioecious there are male plants and female plants , with fruits only appearing on female plants, which require male plants nearby to fertilise them. The fruit is a bright red (or yellow) drupe stone fruit . This variety is a cultivar, a dioecioushaving male and female reproductive parts on separate plants female, with lots of red berries later in the season. Medium sized, about 8 - 12m.

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Juglans nigra - from Latin Jove (Jupiter), and glans, 'acorn' or 'nut' nigra, black - referring to the dark bark

American Black Walnut

A native of eastern North America, introduced to Europe in the 1600s. The leaves have 15 - 21 fingers, like an ash tree but more fingers, narrower than the common walnut, and more of them. The tree can grow 30 m, with a 20 m spread. "Black" refers to the dark bark. The tree is planted just to the right of the park entrance to the walled garden (where the gardener's bell hangs).

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Koelreuteria - after German botanist Joseph Gottlieb Koelreuter (1733-1806), known for his plant hybridization experiments. Paniculata, from Latin referring to the tree's inflorescence, which is in panicles (branched clusters of flowers). paniculata

Golden rain tree

Also called Pride of India or Chinese lantern tree. A medium sized (10 - 20m) deciduous tree native to S and E Asia. It bears masses of small yellow flowers on panicles loose branching cluster of flowers , which become 3-lobed papery capsules holding nutty seeds. They have long pinnate compound leaf that has leaflets arranged in 2 rows either side of a midrib like a feather leaves. They are being grown here to divide the Quiet Garden from the swathes of molinia grasses, cutting out the view from one to the other.

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Liquidambar - from Latin liquidus - liquid; and Arabic ambar, amber, referring to the liquid amber-like resin. Styraciflua - 'flowing with styrax' or 'flowing with resin' styraciflua

Sweetgum

A deciduous tree growing to 20m, broadly conical in outline, with rather glossy, maple-like leaves. Unisexual, greenish flowers appear in spring and persist into autumn; with some persisting into winter. Staminate male flowers are in terminal racemes 5 - 8 cm long, pistillate female are in a solitary head on a slender peduncle borne in the axil of an upper leaf. The distinctive compound fruit is hard, dry, and globose, up to 40 mm in diameter, composed of numerous (40 - 60) capsules.

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Liquidambar - from Latin liquidus - liquid; and Arabic ambar, amber, referring to the liquid amber-like resin. Styraciflua - 'flowing with styrax' or 'flowing with resin' styraciflua
'Slender silhouette'

Sweetgum

A cultivar of the common form, broadly conical with dense, alternate, maple-like leaves colouring though orange to brilliant purplish red in autumn. Flowers are insignificant and the fruits are decorative round, prickly, woody capsules.

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Magnolia x loebneriMagnolia - after French botanist Pierre Magnol (1638 - 1715), who developed the concept of plant families; loebneri - after Max Löbner, a "Garteninspektor" (garden inspector) in Dresden and Pillnitz, Germany.

Magnolia

A hybrid developed by Max Loebner, crossing M. kobus and M. stellata. It would be covered in white flowers in spring, but our visit was in August, so we had to make do with leaves and overall shape. Growing in the corner of the Serpentine Garden.

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Magnolia x stellataMagnolia - after French botanist Pierre Magnol (1638 - 1715), who developed the concept of plant families; stellata - Latin, meaning starry or star-shaped, describing the unique structure of the flower, which features multiple petals that spread out to resemble a star.

Magnolia stellata

A shrub growing to 2.5 m, native to Japan, bearing large, showy white or pink flowers in early spring, before its leaves open. It , M. The leaves open bronze-green, turning to deep green as they mature, and yellow before dropping in autumn. They are oblong and about 10 cm long by about 4 cm wide.