Tulips

One of a pair of trees at Nonsuch Park which I had been calling tulip trees, also a sort of magnolia, on account of their large tulip shaped flowers. But not to be confused with the liriodendron tulipifera, the sighting of which was confirmed at reference 1.

The park was in very fine form this Wednesday morning and one felt that the volunteers who look after the flower beds had nicely pitched their activities & planting to what they could properly manage. It all looked very well.

As was the council part of the operation, that is to say the rough grass to the south of the mansion house garden of the tulip trees. A big expanse of rough grass, left to grow, with plenty of paths cut through, maybe six feet wide, for the use of the many dog walkers. So plenty of interesting grass meadow with its attendant flowers, weeds, thistles and so forth - with plenty of access so that you could see them. Grass cutting costs modest.

There were lots of swifts and/or swallows swinging about over the grass, so perhaps the park is the base from which the swifts also noticed at reference 1 flew from.

Also pleased to see that someone is attending to tree succession, which can be a problem with parks laid out by the Victorians. Proper proportion of young trees coming on.

PS: I think the second tree of the pair can be seen creeping in at the left of the illustration.

Reference 1: http://psmv3.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/nature-notes.html.