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Native bush in the Botanic Gardens, 10 Aug 2006.
Above: Acacia baileyana in the Botanic Gardens, 20 July 2006 at left. Acacia melanoxylon on 23 Aug 2008 at right . The same species in Roslyn Town Belt below right on 17 May 2008
Below left: An unlabelled maple in the American collection of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 16 May 2008.

Fine specimens of the world's most valuable cool climate trees can be found in the Botanic Gardens, the Town Belt and bordering city streets. Most of these species have also been planted by me at Arba Cielo.
Right: Acer platanoides below the aviaries in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. 16 May 2008.
Above, left & right. Acer palmatum in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 16 May 2008.
Acer saccharum, below Maori Rd (Jubilee Park) - the largest sugar maple in Dunedin (and the largest I've seen in Australasia). April 2005.
Right: Probably Acer macrophyllum (wrongly labelled Acer circinatum) in Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 20 April 2006.
Acer negundo "Kelly's Gold" 27 Oct 2005, lower Botanic Gardens.This tree failed at Ferndale - probably due to cold, wet summers
Acer campestre. Upper Botanic Gardens, 2005.
Acer palmatum dissectum "Atropurpureum". Lower Botanic gardens 27 Oct 2005.
Acer palmatum ssp amoenum 17 March 2006. The Arboretum section of the Botanic Gardens.
Acer circinatum, upper Botanic Gardens, 21 April 2005.
Acer saccharum ssp Nigrum in the Arbretum. 25 March 2006.
Acer palmatum,. upper botanic Gardens. May 2005.
A Snake Bark maple in the Arboretum at Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 21 April 2005.
Left & right: Aesculus sp, Malcolm St, April 2005.
Above & below: Aronia melanocarpa In the Dunedin Botanic Gardens Arboretum, 17 March 2006.
Above: Aristotelia serrata in the Upper Botanic Gardens on 10 Aug 2006.


Right: Bambusa gracilis in the Botanic Gardens on 20 July 2006.
Above: Araucaria araucana in Roslyn, 17 May 2008.

Below: Araucaria bidwillii in the lower Botanic Gardens, 9 July 2008.
Above: Deciduous azalea in upper Botanic Gardens 27 Oct 2006.
Below: A Banksia in the Lower Botanic Gardens. 28 Sept 2008.
Above: Betula sp, top end of the Northern Cemetary. Remarkable bark. 2 Sept 2008.


Left: unlabelled Birch, upper Botanic Gardens, 21 April 2005.

Above & right: Berberis thunbergii Atropurpurea in Lower Botanic Gardens, 27 May 2008.
3 more images of native bush within the Botanic Gardens.All 10 August 2006.



Left: An unlabelled Camellia in the Upper Botanic Gardens, 15 Aug 2008.
Above: Brachychiton populneum, 7 Sept 2006. Surprising to find this species but not B. acerifolia.
Right: An unlabelled Carpinus (?) in the Upper Botanic Gardens, 15 June 2006.
Carya ovata in the Arboretum 24 March 2006. Right: Coprosma rubra, Upper Botanic Gardens 10 Aug 2008.
Above: Cedrus libani, 16 May 2008, Arboretum section of Botanic Gardens.
Left: Cornus mas flowering in Upper Botanic Gardens, 10 Aug 2008


Left: Cornus sp near the corner of Smith St & Stuart St, 3 Oct 2008.

Right: Cornus officinalis in Upper Botanic Gardens. Bark is an interesting winter feature.
Above: Corylopsis glabrescens, 7 Sept 2006, Dunedin Botanic Gardens.
Below right: Corynocarpus, Upper Botanic Gardens, 10 Aug 2008
Above: Crataegus phaenopyrum & Pinus ponderosa at Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 21 April 2005.
Above left: Cornus walteri, upper Botanic Gardens 16 May 2008.

Above centre: Eriobotrya japonica, Metasequoia, & Cunninghamia, upper Botanic Gardens, 20 April 2006.

Above right: Cupressus darjeensis, Upper Botanic Gardens below aviaries, 27 May 2008
Left: Epimedium x youngianum "Yenomato", Upper Botanic Gardens 15 Aug 2008. Nice foliage colour.




Left: Drimys winteri in the Upper Dunedin Botanic Gardens. 28 Sept 2008.
Above: Cycas revoluta in lower Botranic Gardens 9 July 2008.
Right: Dacrycarpus dacrydioides and Podocarpus totara at Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 20 April 2006. At least 25 of each species planted at "Arba Cielo".
Eucalyptus ficifolia ? Portobello Rd, March 2005. The Eucalypt I'm most enthusiastic about.

Above left: The Eucalyptus collection in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens.15 Aug 2008

Above: Eucalptus obliqua, one of the largest trees in the Botanic Gardens. 15 Aug 2008.

Left. Eucalyptus saligna, in the Botanic Gardens on 23 Aug 2008.




Left. Eucalyptus viminalis ssp viminalis in the Botanic Gardens. 23 Aug 2008
Two trees familiar to me from my first home: Eucalyptus microcorys above left, as yet a small tree in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens, made a grand, densely foliaged avenue tree in Campbelltown. Eucalyptus sideroxylon, above right and below right, was a fine street tree in my home street (Condamine St). It looks pretty good here in Dunedin too. These photos all taken 23 Aug 2008.
Right: Another Eucalypt with remarkable bark in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 23 Aug 2008. E. radiata.
Left: Fagus sylvatica - Maori Rd, May 2005.

Above: Dahlia imperialis, below the aviaries in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens on 27 May 2008.
Fagus sylvatica on Hawthorn Rd, May 2005.
Dunedin Botanic Gardens, May 2005.
Maori Rd: Fagus sylvatica at left, birch at right, May 2005.
Claret Ash, Fraxinus "Raywoodii", Queen's Gardens, April 2005.
Fraxinus excelsior "Aurea", lower Botanic Gardens, 17 March 2006 at right, and in Jubilee Park on 25 March 2006 left & below.
An impressive old Fuchsia excorticata in the Botanic Gardens, 10 August 2006. Fraxinus anomala, Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 21 Apr 2005. Liquidamber styraciflua behind.
Gingko biloba, lower Botanic gardens.
A rather stunted specimen of Grevillea robusta, a favourite climbing tree of my childhood in Australia. Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 7 Sept 2006.

Left: Gymnocladus dioica, 17 March 2006, in the Arboretum.

Right: Tree sized Griselinia littoralis in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 15 June 2006.
Below: Juniperus rigida, Botanic Gardens arboretum, 28 Sept 2008.

Above: Hymenosporum flavum in upper Botanic Gardens 20 April 2006.
Right: Knightia excelsior in Upper Botanic Gardens, 10 Aug 2008.