The Beauty of Trees Mary Keenan - Gash Gardens & Nursery, Co. Laois - Limerick.ie
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The Beauty of Trees
Mary Keenan
Gash Gardens & Nursery, Co. Laois.
Photo: Heritage Trees of Ireland Photos: Heritage Trees of Ireland
Photo: Heritage Trees of Ireland
Photos: Heritage Trees of Ireland
Photos: Heritage Trees of Ireland
Woodstock Gardens, Inistioge. Co. Kilkenny
Corkagh Park, Clondalkin. Dublin
Aithig fhedo - ‘commoners of the
Our Native Trees wood’
alder - fern - Alnus glutinosa
Airig fedo - ‘Nobles of the Wood’ willow, sally - saileach -Salix caprea, Salix
cinerea
oak - dair - Quercus robur (pedunculate whitethorn, hawthorn - scé - Crataegus
oak) and Quercus petraea (sessile oak) monogyna
hazel - coll - Corylus avellana rowan, mountain ash - caorthann -Sorbus
holly’ - cuileann - Ilex aquifolium aucuparia
yew - iúr - Taxus baccata birch - beith - Betula pubescens (downy
ash - fuinseóg - Fraxinus excelsior birch) and Betula pendula (silver birch)
Scots pine - ochtach - Pinus sylvestris wych elm - leamhán - Ulmus glabra
wild apple - aball -Malus sylvestris wild cherry - idath - Prunus avium
Fodla fedo ‘lower divisions of the wood’ Losa fedo ‘bushes of the wood’
blackthorn - draighean - Prunus spinosa
bracken - raith - Pteridium aquilinum
elder - tromán - Sambucus nigra
bog-myrtle - rait - Myrica gale
spindle tree - feoras - Euonymus europaeus
furze, gorse, whin - aiteann - Ulex
whitebeam - fionncholl - Sorbus aria
europaeus, Ulex gallii
strawberry tree - caithne - Arbutus unedo
bramble - dris - Rubus fruticosus
aspen - crann creathach - Populus tremula
heather - fraoch - Calluna vulgaris, Erica
juniper - aiteal - Juniperus communis
cinerea
broom - giolcach - Cytisus scoparius
wild rose - spín - Rosa caninaWhite’s Orchard, Dungarvan. Co. Waterford
Our Trees
are under
THREAT
Bleeding Canker of Horse Chestnut
Ash Dieback Oak Processionary MothCastletown, Co. Laois
Photo: Heritage Trees of Ireland Lime Avenue - The Marina, Cork
Roadside & Rural Trees The Dark Hedges, Co. Antrim
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THE TROUBLE
WITH
TREES
Obstructing satellite
dishes & solar panelsTrees Are Good
Trees AreFor Us For Us
GoodPhoto: National Historic Properties of the St. Stephen’s Green,
Photo: L&L Photography Laois Tourism
Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys' Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso'
Fagus sylvatica ‘Rohan’s Obelisk’
Davidia involucrata
Liriodendron tulipifera
Prunus ‘Shirotae’
Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’
Neilstown Road, Dublin
Ulmus ‘Dodoens’
Sorbus ‘Joseph Rock’ Sorbus cashmiriana
Amelanchier lamarckii
Salix alba ‘Tristis’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’
Acer globosum Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Spaethii’
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Pinus nigra
Aesculus hippocastanum Aesculus x carnea ‘Briotii’
Castanea sativa Gingko biloba
Zelkova serrata
Pterocarya fraxinifolia
Prunus yedoensis
Baggot Street, Dublin
Main Street, Bunclody, Co. Wexford Photo: Heritage Trees of Ireland
Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum’
Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Brilliantissimum’
Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Brilliantissimum’
Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlet’
Crataegus orientalis
Malus aldenhamensis
Malus ‘Royalty’
Malus ‘Crittenden’ Malus ‘Golden Hornet’
Magnolia soulangeana
Sophora tetraptera
Prunus padus ‘Watererii’
Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra’
Pyrus salicifolia ‘Pendula’
Acer pensylvanicum Acer davidii ‘Serpentine’
Acer griseum
Betula utilis var. jacquemontii
Betula albosinensis ‘Fascination’
Parrotia persica
Parrotia persica ‘Vanessa’
Parrotia persica
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
“Society grows
great when
old men plant
trees whose
shade they
know they
shall never sit
in.”
Greek ProverbNational Tree Week
March 21-27,
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