Window on Westonbirt Arboretum

Body

Our Window on Westonbirt volunteers have explored the arboretum this week to let you know what's looking its best. Keep an eye out for the following seasonal highlights - they're not to be missed! You can also use our Arboretum Explorer to discover more tree locations around the arboretum.

Sorbus esserteauiana 'Flava' is laden with large heads of richly orange-yellow fruit.

Mountain Ash

As you walk towards the Walkway from the Welcome Building, the Mountain Ash are putting on a colourful display at the moment. The cultivar Sorbus esserteauiana 'Flava' has distinctive orange berries which attract the birds.

Sweet pepper bush

The Sweet pepper bush (Clethra alnifolia) on Willesley Drive has sweetly-fragrant  white flowers in late summer.

The Sweet pepper bush (Clethra alnifolia) on Willesley Drive has sweetly-fragrant  white flowers in late summer.
Small white clusters of closed buds pop out from green branches. They sit on a long green pointy leaves.

Bee-bee tree

The Bee-bee tree (Tetradium daniellii) arches across your head as you walk up Circular Drive, showing off clusters of small white flowers which,as its name suggests, are very popular with bees and other insects including butterflies.

You might also be interested in...

Holford Ride Westonbirt

Book tickets

Home to 2,500 different types of tree and shrub from the far corners of the globe and 5 national tree collections, Westonbirt is the perfect place for you to escape...

Westonbirt group
Walking trails and routes

Join our experienced and knowledgeable volunteers as they guide you through the Old Arboretum. 

Together you'll explore the best seasonal features of the Old Arboretum - and as the...