Tree of the Month for Oct' 26: Wild Service Tree, but do we have any in Exmouth? That’s where YOU come in 🧐 Its leaves are glossy green and can look like plane / maple, but the lower lobes are quite distinct to the upper ones. Fruit look like large reddish brown rowan berries.

Save the date 💚 🌳🌲🍂🍁🍄‍🟫 Guided tree walk in Phear Park, Sunday 25th October from 11.00 am. Meet outside the cafe (which won't be open). No need to book, but an idea of numbers would be useful 🙏 Photo: 3 leaves from the Tulip Tree, collected on the same day, October 2021.

Tree of the Month, Sep' 26: Orange-berried Whitebeam (Sorbus croceocarpa?). Nobody seems entirely sure of this species' origin, but this specimen on Summer Lane was almost certainly ‘planted’ by a bird🕊️💩 Record was first spotted in “A New Flora of Devon” see links below or FB

Tree of the Month, May 2026: flowering now, an Indian Horse-chestnut (Aesculus indica?) on Seymour Close. From the Himalaya, flowering about a month later than our common horse chestnut, this species provides some extra food for pollinators during late-spring. Tree Bumblebees? – at Exmouth, England

For #ThickTrunkTuesday - the largest recorded Lucombe Oak in the UK. Re-measured this week: 8.63m girth at 1.5m. Planted c. 1798, Phear Park, Exmouth. Quercus x hispanica 'Lucombeana', AKA Quercus × crenata 'Lucombeana' or 'William Lucombe'. More info: treesandshrubsonline.org/art… – at Exmouth, England

Tree of the Month for November 2025 - the "hungry" lime on Foxholes Hill*. Also a word of the year too “edaphoecotropism”. This is when a tree grows around or engulfs a foreign object - such as this old iron railing. *Probably Common Lime (Tilia x europaea). #edaphoecotropism – at Exmouth, England

Tree* of the Month for October 2025: Himalayan strawberry-tree 🍓🌳 (Cornus capitata) in the triangle planting between the subway ramp & The Strand pub. Look out for its creamy white, four-petalled flowers around June. Thanks to PP for the tip-off & GB for the ID *tree or shrub? – at Exmouth, England

Thanks for doing this article @KevinJRawlinson 💚🌳 - would you be able to open up the online comments option on it? theguardian.com/environment/… – at Exmouth, England

From the owners💚🌳 "Calling All Tree Huggers! We are holding a DEMO to save our mature oak tree at 115 St Johns Road EX8 4EH, 11 am Wednesday 16th July, in the shade under the mighty canopy. More info on Facebook Event: facebook.com/events/11721051… and here: planning.eastdevon.gov.uk/on… – at Exmouth, England

And an update on the St Johns Road Oak 💚🌳: homeowner and allies vs. insurance company, loss adjuster, etc💚🌳 – at Exmouth, England