Trees are amazing
The Friends of Boscombe Chine Gardens have produced a Tree Trail Leaflet, which you can also download and print. You can use the Tree Trail leaflet and go on a circular walk round the gardens to identify nine different trees.
Take a look at our tree trail by clicking on the link below:
Tree Trail leaflet (in pdf format)
List of trees in the formal part of Boscombe Chine Gardens
The formal part of Boscombe Chine Gardens is the area south of the Christchurch road down to the concrete bridge. Within this area are at least 30 different species of tree, many of them are not native to the UK and all are very special. South of the concrete bridge and towards Boscombe Pier is a Local Nature Reserve. This area of the chine has less of a variety of trees but they still play an important part in preserving the bio-diversity of the chine.
If you look carefully at some of the trees you will notice a small rectangular plastic label with the common and Latin name of the tree. Why not see how many different trees you can find in the gardens?
Common Name |
Latin Name |
Country of origin |
American Elm |
Ulmus americana |
North America |
Bird Cherry |
Prunus padus |
N Eurasia |
Black Mulberry |
Morus nigra |
S W Asia |
Cherry Laurel |
Prunus laurocerasus |
S E Europe |
Common Beech |
Fagus sylvatica |
S & W Europe |
Common Lime |
Tilia x europea |
Europe |
Common Whitebeam |
Sorbus aria |
S & C Europe |
Common Yew |
Taxus baccata |
Europe & SW Asia |
Copper Beech |
Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea' |
Europe |
Corsican Pine |
Pinus nigra var. maritime |
Corsica |
Crab Apple |
Malus sylvestris |
Native |
English Oak |
Quercus robur |
Europe & The Caucasus |
European Larch |
Larix decidua |
C Europe |
Foxglove Tree |
Paulownia tomentosa |
N China |
Hankerchief Tree |
Davadia involucrate |
W China |
Holly |
Ilex aquafolium |
Europe & W Asia |
Horse Chestnut |
Aesculus hippocastanum |
Greece & Balkans |
Maidenhair Tree |
Ginko biloba |
China |
Olive |
Olea europea |
SW Asia & Saudia Arabia |
Ornamental Maple |
Acer palmatum |
Japan |
Persian Ironwood |
Parotia persica |
Iran |
Red Oak |
Quercus rubra |
North America |
Scots Pine |
Pinus sylvestris |
Europe |
Sweet Chestnut |
Castanea sativa |
Mediterranean |
Sycamore |
Acer pseudoplatanus |
Europe |
Tulip Tree |
Liriodendron tulipifera |
North America |
Turkey Oak |
Quercus cerris |
Turkey |
Wedding Cake Tree |
Cornus controversa 'Variegata' |
Asia |
Weeping Ash |
Fraxinus excelsior 'Pendula' |
Europe & SW Asia |
Weeping Beech |
Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula' |
S & W Europe |
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