Tour: Olive Tree

A lovely, gnarled old olive tree by the Pont.

Kew

The answer to Where? on October 10th was Kew Gardens, of course.  The picture showed some of the ornamental work on the Temperate House:

It was a beautiful Indian Summer Sunday, and Kew was a great place to visit.

Of course, one of the best things you can do there is explore the trees... so we did.

A 'Small Leaved Gum' Eucalyptus:

A Narrow-Leaved Ash:

One of many 'heritage' trees, the Lucombe Oak:

Various Mediterranean pines:

Including this Stone Pine:

Various Olives:

Lots of different types of Holly:

Antarctic Beech:

Crataegus Monogyna - 'Pink Corkscrew':

The ancient, supported, heritage, Japanese Pagoda Tree:

Indeed Kew is so huge and wonderful this post could go on for a very long time - and I'd never really finish it.  The range is enormous:

However it seems best to end this post here: