What's looking good
Our Window on Westonbirt Volunteers have explored the Arboretum this week to inform our visitors of the following not to be missed seasonal highlights.
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Camellia
Despite the cold winter days there are still lots of interesting specimens to be found in the arboretum.
This week’s show-stopper is ‘Bow Bells’, one of the earliest flowering camellias of the year (Camellia x williamsii 'Bow Bells'). Its masses of cheerful pink trumpet-shaped flowers can be seen in Savill Glade in the Old Arboretum and Sand Earth in Silk Wood.
Map grid ref: 18G 21M, 18F
Witch hazel
There are several Witch hazels flowering at the moment. A hybrid (Hamamelis x intermedia cv) has red-orange flowers and will flower from now until early spring. You can find it at the start of Circular Drive, behind the Great Oak Hall.
Map grid ref: 18G
Silk tassel bush
Cascades of long soft grey-green catkins adorn the superb winter-flowering Silk tassel bush (Garrya elliptica 'James Roof') from January to March. The intensely bitter leaves have been used as a substitute for quinine. It can be found off Loop Walk in the Old Arboretum.