Autumn Foliage

Liriodendron tulipifera

Just three trees in their full autumn glory.


Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip tree, a native of North America

Nyssa sylvatica High Beeches

Nyssa sylvatica High Beeches, tupelo tree.
This plant was awarded the First Class Certificate by the RHS

Quercus velutina

Quercus velutina, the black oak, a native of eastern North America

More Autumn Colour

Liquidamber styraciflua

Fothergilla major

Acer cercinatum

The Autumn is coming slowly and spectacularly.

Liquidamber styraciflua, sweet gum, from the Eastern US and introduced to the UK in 1884
is so dark that it photographs blue in the late afternoon light.






Fothergilla major, a slow growing shrub from the Alleghany Mountains is particularly vivid this year.










Acer circinatum one of the many Acers here at High Beeches.



The Garden is open from 11 am on Sunday 20th October and there is a Gift Fair in aid of Parkinsons UK

Early Autumn

Beautiful early autumn days in the garden.

A great year for berries, Sorbus, Symplocos, Euonymus and Clerodendrum are looking particularly fine.

Phellodendron lavallei, a native of Japan, giving a taste of the autumn colour to come at High Beeches Garden

A bed of cyclamen hederifolium planted under the Atlantic Cedar glowing in the autumn sunlight.



Autumn Gift Fair in aid of  Parkinsons UK
Sunday 20th October - 11 am
Plants for sale - Rapkyns Nursery

Disanthus cercidifolius

Abies koreana