Trees Gallery - St Andrews Botanic Gardens. Page 3

Cotinus coggygria - from Greek kotinus, wild olive. kokkugia, smoke tree purpurea - purple, referring to the leaves

Smoke bush

The species is a.k.a. Rhus cotinus, European smoketree, Eurasian smoketree, smoke tree, Venetian sumach, or dyer's sumach. It is a multiple-branching deciduous shrub growing to 5 - 7 m with an open, spreading, irregular habit, only rarely forming a small tree. Royal purple is a popular cultivar developed for its deep purple leaves. Large feathery, pink inflorescences in summer. Most of the flowers in each inflorescence abort, elongating into yellowish-pink to pinkish-purple feathery plumes (when viewed en masse these have a wispy 'smoke-like' appearance, hence the common name).

---

Cotoneaster armenus Cotoneaster: from Latin cotoneum, quince fruit; aster: meaning resembling or partially like. Probably because the leaves of some species resemble those of the quince plant; armenus: from Armenia - where the species was first identified

Armenian cotoneaster

An evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub. Like many cotoneasters, it features clusters of small flowers in spring and summer, followed by showy red berries in autumn and winter. The plant is native to a region spanning from NE Turkey to NW Iran. Like other species in its genus, it has the potential to become an invasive non-native species.

---

Cryptomeria japonica Cryptomeria: From Greek krypto meaning hidden; meris meaning part, referring to the reproductive structures being concealed; japonica: - Japanese; Globosa Latin for globe, describing the plant's dense, dome-like shape; Nana: Latin for dwarf, indicating its slow-growing, compact size globosa nana

Dwarf Japanese cedar

An evergreen dwarf conifer forming a dense, dome-shaped plant with rich green awl-shaped leaves closely appressed to the shoots. The soft, needle-like foliage turns bronze in winter..

---

Diervillia splendensDiervilla: after Dr. Marin Diereville, a French surgeon and botanist. splendens: Latin meaning splendid or shining, referring to the plant's attractive appearance, particularly its colourful foliage and flowers.

Bush honeysuckle

Diervilla splendens is a hybrid cross between D. sessilifolia and D. lonicera that originated in European cultivation in the mid-19th century. The common name that refers to the resemblance of its flowers to those of the lonicera genus, but the two genera are distinct. It has bright, yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom from early summer to autumn, and its foliage that turns vibrant colours in autumn.

---

Eriobotrya japonica eriobotrya from Greek erion wool and botrys, bunch of grapes, describing the plant's woolly flower clusters; Japonica" - Japanese, referring to its extensive cultivation and association with Japan, although it is originally from China.

Loquat

A.k.a. Japanes medlar or Japanese plum. It is native to S China, but has been grown in Japan for over 1,000 years. A large, evergreen shrub or small tree, with a rounded crown, short trunk, and woolly new twigs. The tree can grow to 10 m but is often smaller. Loquats are unusual among fruit trees in that the flowers appear in the autumn or early winter, and the fruits are ripe at any time from early spring to early summer. The flowers have a sweet, heady aroma. Oval, rounded or pear-shaped fruits grow in clusters, with a smooth or downy, yellow or orange, sometimes red-blushed skin.

---

Eucalyptus - Eucalyptus from Greek eu, meaning well, and kalyptos, meaning covered. This refers to the cap that covers the flower buds, which is shed when the flower opens; dalrympleana: after Richard Dalrymple-Hay, the first Commissioner of Forests in New South Wales, appointed in 1895. Dalrympleana

Mountain gum

A.k.a. white gum and broad-leaved ribbon gum, growing to 40m, a native of SE Australia. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, white flowers and cup-shaped, bell-shaped or hemispherical fruit. The flower buds are arranged in groups of three or seven in leaf axils on a peduncle 3 - 12 mm long, the individual buds sessile or on a pedicel up to 3 mm long. Mature buds are oval, green to yellow, with a conical to rounded operculum a cap-like structure in some flowering plants, mosses, and fungi . White flowers occurs between March and June. The fruit is a woody cup-shaped, bell-shaped or hemispherical capsule 3 - 8 mm long.

---

Eucalyptus - Eucalyptus from Greek eu, meaning well, and kalyptos, meaning covered. This refers to the cap that covers the flower buds, which is shed when the flower opens; moorei: After Charles Moore, (1820 - 1905), director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. moorei

Narrow-leaved sally

A a species of mallee that typically grows to a height of 6 - 10 m, native to New South Wales. It has smooth bark, linear to narrow lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and fifteen, white flowers and cup-shaped or shortened spherical fruit. Eucalyptus moorei is a mallee (20 - 33 ft) and forms a lignotuber. Adult leaves are alternate, linear to narrow lance-shaped or curved, the same glossy green on both sides, 3 - 9 cm. The flower buds are arranged in clusters of between 7 and 15 in leaf axils on an unbranched peduncle. Mature buds are top-shaped, with a conical to horn-shaped operculum a cap-like structure in some flowering plants, mosses, and fungi . White flowers appear between February and May. The fruit is a woody cup-shaped or shortened spherical capsule.

---

Euonymous Euonymous: from Greek words eu, meaning good or lucky, and onoma (or nymus), meaning name. Possibly ironic, as all parts of the plant are poisonous if ingested. hamiltonianus: after Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829), a Scottish physician and botanist who worked in India. lance meaning lance or spear; folius, meaning leaf. Hamiltonianus lanceifolia

Hamilton's spindle tree

A.k.a. Himalayan spindle, and Siebold's spindle. It is native to Asia, where it is distributed in Afghanistan, Russia, China, Japan, Korea, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, Thailand, and Myanmar. In the wild, it may grow to be a shrub of 3 m or a tree up to 20 m. The The inflorescence is a cymose a cyme is a flower cluster with a flat or round top, the central flower blooms first, followed by the peripheral flowers. Each flower stalk ends in a single flower cluster of several white flowers, each nearly a centimeter wide. The brown, yellowish, or reddish fruit capsule splits into four sections holding brown seeds with orange arils.

---