This tree, in the grounds of St Marks College, Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide, was planted in the 1860s. It is in good health and a representative of early Adelaide garden tree choices. Camphor Laurel (Cinnamomum camphora, Syn. Officinalis)…

This magnificent English Oak Quercus robur known as the ‘War Memorial Oak’, is found off War Memorial Drive in the Creswell Gardens, near the Adelaide Oval. It was planted on 29 August, 1914; a mere 25 days after Britain declared war on Germany,…

The Frome Road avenue was planted in 1902 to commemorate Arbor Day and is one of the best known in Adelaide. It is a fine example of Plane trees being used for that purpose. The tall trees with their wide spreading canopies provide much appreciated…

This particular tree is in the Adelaide Botanic gardens, near the North Terrace entrance. It was planted in 1863, eight years after the founding of the gardens. In 2015 it is 152 years old, and expected to live for many more years. It was planted by…

This tree was planted by George Francis, the first Director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden, and listed in the Garden’s 1859 plant catalogue, produced just five years after the garden was established. This tree is the largest known cultivated…

This tree is found in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, about 50m north of the North Terrace entrance. The Native Orange Capparis mitchellii is an Australian evergreen from the Capparaceae family. Capparis is from the Latin for caper, in recognition of…

This tree is found in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, near the Main Gate on North Terrace. It is known as Sweet Bursaria, Australian Blackthorn, Mock Orange, Native Box, or SA Christmas Bush. The botanical name is Bursaria spinosa (Syn. Cyrilla…

This Camphor Laurel Cinnamomum camphora is a very large multiple trunked specimen and is an outstanding tree in both size and appearance. It belongs to the Laurel family which includes the Bay Tree Laurus nobilis and is native to China , Japan ,…

The genus Araucaria is a small one of very interesting trees including the Norfolk Island Pine, Hoop Pine and Bunya Pine from Australia, the Monkey Puzzle from Chile and New Caledonia Pine. The latter is endemic to New Caledonia and was noted by…