Above right: Leucadendron argenteum in the African collection, Dunedin Botanic Gardens 10 Aug 2008.


Below: Laurelia novae-zelandiae in the NZ native collection, Upper Botanic Gardens, 27 May 2008.


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Left & below. Lindera obtusifolia in the arboretum section of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 27 May 2008.
Liquidamber styraciflua in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens: Upper Gardens (above) & in the Arboretum area (Left), 27 May 2008.
Above & right: Liriodendron tulipifera, Queen St. 21 April 2005
Above & right: Liriodendron tulipifera in the lower Botanic Gardens, 27 May 2008.
Left: Ross St & Robin Hood Park.





Below left: Luma apiculata in upper Botanic Gardens, 9 July 2008.

Below: Lyonia ovatifolia in the Botanic Gardens Asian collection, 16 May 2008.
Ross St overlooking Otago Harbour. May 2005.
Mahonia sp in the lower Botanic Gardens, at left on 27 Oct 2005 and in Nairn St Wakari below on 17 May 2008.
 Mahonia lomarifolia, 7 Sept 2006, Botanic Gardens. I also grew this at Ferndale.
Left: Magnolia campbellii blooming in upper Botanic Gardens, 7 Sept 2006.
Above right: Unlabelled Magnolia, same area, 28 Sept 2008.
Left: Magnolia stellata beside pond in Lower Botanic Gardens 28 Sept 2008.

Below Left: Deliciously fragrant Michelia doltsopa in the Upper Botanic Gardens, 28 Sept 2008.
Above: Magnolia soulangiana in the upper Botanic Gardens 20 July 2006.
Left: Magnolia salicifolia in Lower Botanic Gardens, 28 Sept 2008.

Below: Nothofagus obliqua, Upper Botanic Gardens, 15 June 2006.
Above: Nothofagus cunninghamii, 7 Sept 2006, upper Botanic Gardens.
Left: Nothofgus moorei, below the aviaries. 27 Oct 2005.
Right: An unlabelled Magnolia in the heart of the Rhododendron collection 28 Sept 2008
Below: Nothofagus dombeyii, Upper Botanic Gardens, 15 June 2006.
Left: an interesting but unlabelled specimen in the native gardens, Upper Botanic gardens. Lots of Olearia species in this area.
Left: Nyssa sinensis in the Arboretum at Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 21 April 2005.


Below: Photinia villosa centre left (orange) and Nyssa sylvatica centre right, upper Botanic Gardens, May 2005. Close-up of the same Nyssa at right was taken 16 May 2008.
Pachysandra terminalis in lower Botanic Gardens, 27 Oct 2005.
Right: Picea pungens glauca "Thomsen" in the lower Botanic Gardens, backed by Bambusa gracilis. 27 May 2008. I planted the same Blue Spruce at Lawrence in 2008.
Below Left: Unlabelled Pieris in Upper Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 28 Sept 2008.
Above: Pittosporum tenuifolium in the bush understorey, Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 10 Aug 2006. This and other Pittosporum species are seen in a more traditionally maintained garden setting below in the native section of the Botanic Gardens, 10 Aug 2008.
Left: Pieris "Sarabande" in Lower Botanic Gardens 28 Sept 2008.
Left: Pinus mugo "Gnom" in the Lower Botanic Gardens, 15 Aug 2008.

Right: Probably Pinus sylvestris at the Northern end of the Northern Cemetary, 2 Sept 2008.
Left: Another pine sp in the same area.
Right: An attractive, unlabelled pine at the North end of the Northern Cemetary, 2 Sept 2008

Left: A remarkable specimen of Pinus radiata in the Upper Botanic Gardens. 15 June 2006.
Aspens, upper Botanic Gardens, May 2005 above, & 20 April 2006 at right. Labelled Populus tremula. Flowering below on 7 Sept 2006.
Above: Podocarpus hallii & Prumnopitys taxifolia at Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 20 April 2006. 10 of the first and 25 of the second planted at Arba Cielo.
Podocarpus totara in Lower Botanic Gardens 20 July 2006.
Above: Pseudopanax ferox in the top car Park area, 10 Aug 2008.

Left: Pseudopanax crassifolium in Lower Botanic gardens 20 July 2006.
Above: A Protea in the African collection at the Botanic Gardens on 9 July 2008.
Below: Protea repens (10 Aug 2008) at left & P. cynaroides (15 Aug 2008) at right in the Botanic Gardens.
Pseudopanax arboreum in bush understorey. Dunedin Botanics, 10 Aug 2006.
Above: Ptelea trifoliata in the American collection of the Upper Botanic Gardens, 16 May 2008.


Oak, upper Botanic Gardens, May 2005.
Oaks, lower Botanic Gardens, May 2005.
Above: Unlabelled Pyrus in Upper Dunedin Botaanic Gardens, 28 Sept 2008. Quercus rubra in lower Botanic Gardens, 27 Oct 2005. My favouite species in this genus.
Quercus robur, Lower Botanic Gardens, 27 Oct 2007
Left: Rhododendron pontica in Upper Botanic Gardens, 28 Sept 2008.
Below: Rhododendron arboreum, Upper Botanic Gardens, 2 Sept 2008.
Rhododendron trunks, 10 Aug 2006, upper Botanic Gardens.
Above: Rhododendron loderi "Venus" & "Titan", Upper Botanic Gardens, 12 Oct 2006. Detail at right of "Venus".
Above: Rhododendron praestans, Upper Botanic Gardens, 7 Sept 2006.
Below & lower right: 3 specimens of Rhododendron arboreum, 28 Sept 2008. Upper Botanic Gardens.
Left: Rhododendron "Marquis of Lothian", Upper Botanic Gardens, 12 Oct 2006.

Right: Rhododendron Mrs W.T. Thisleton-Dyer, Upper Botanic Gardens, 12 Oct 2006.
Left & above: Rhododendron "Milton Hollard", Upper Dunedin Botanic Gardens 28 Sept 2008.

Right: Rhododendron macabeanum, Upper Botanic Gardens, 28 Sept 2008.
Left: Sequoiadendron giganteum and Fagus sylvatica, Maori Rd, April 2005 (Jubilee Park).
Below: Sophora microphylla in Lower Botanic Gardens, 28 Sept 2008.
Above: Rhus copallina in the arboretum section of the Botanic Gardens, 27 May 2008
Right: Stewartia monodelpha in lower Botanic Gardens, 9 July 2008. I grew this successfully at Ferndale.
Below: Taxodium distichum in the upper Botanic Gardens, 16 May 2008.
Tilia sp, Hawthorn Rd, May 2005.
Tilia sp, Robin Hood Park, May 2005.
Ulmus sp, Dunedin Botanic Gardens, May 2005.
Elms & Douglas firs in the Town Belt, Maori Rd, May 2005 (Jubilee Park).
Himalayan Poppies in the upper Botanic Gardens. 27 Oct 2005.
Elm, Queen's Drive, May 2005.
Trees of the Town belt, below Maori Road, May 2005 (Jubilee Park).
Zanthoxylum piperitum in the Arboretum, 17 March 2006.