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A large growing tree from China and Korea. I have been taking down large Ash trees recently and I had an idea
that this might make a suitable replacement. It has sat around in a pot for a year waiting for me to do something about it
until I finally decided to pot it on and give it some respite in the greenhouse from the gales that have
been dessicating it. It is amazing what a little bit of care will do, it is now looking distinctly unhappy and I am not sure it will make it to the garden. The Hupehense group is not distinguished very clearly. Trees and Shrubs online says about Tetradium daniellii: "Native of N. China and Korea; described from a specimen collected by William Daniell, a surgeon with the British forces stationed at Tientsin in 1860–2; introduced to Kew in 1907 from the Arnold Arboretum, which received seed in 1905 from Korea and in 1907 from Shantung province. The trees at Kew are now 40 to 45 ft in height and very handsome in late summer when few other trees are in bloom and later, too, when bearing their large clusters of purplish fruits." And it adds about T. hupehensis: "This species is closely allied to the preceding and may be its geographical expression in Shensi and Hupeh, from which province it was introduced by Wilson during his 1907–8 expedition. It is said to differ in its longer-stalked leaflets and the longer beak of the fruit, but these criteria are not reliable. Two notable specimens are: Glendoick, Perths., pl. 1923, 62 × 73⁄4 ft (1970); and Greenwich Park, London, 55 × 71⁄2 ft (1968)." Barcham Trees say: "Sometimes referred to as Tetradium daniellii, this is the same tree—simply the subject of an ongoing botanical naming debate. Native to China and Korea, it was introduced to the UK in 1905 and received the prestigious First Class Certificate in 1976. Its compound leaves and panicles of small white flowers make this an attractive specimen tree that is excellent for shallow chalk soils. Bright red fruits are borne on female trees in the autumn. The flowers are characterised by lovely yellow anthers and are pleasingly fragrant. The Autumn colour is a pale yellow." |
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| 15th July 2012 | ||
