This London plane is notable for its large girth which measures 7.35 metres at a height of 1.5 metres.
St Mary Magdalene Gardens, N7, 2012
This tree is the largest among a small group of old London planes in the gardens – seen in spring.
St Mary Magdalene Gardens, N7, 2012
This tree is the largest among a small group of old London planes in the gardens – seen in summer.
St Mary Magdalene Gardens, N7, 2012
As well as an enormous girth, the London plane has a set of massive stems.
St Mary Magdalene Gardens, N7, 2012
This London plane in Bloomsbury has vast, spreading branches, including long lateral branches at head height.
Brunswick Square Gardens, WC1, 2012
Walking among these branches one is enveloped by the tree.
Brunswick Square Gardens, WC1, 2012
By contrast, this small London plane has developed an unusually fat bole.
Brunswick Square Gardens, WC1, 2012
It has developed large and small burls all round its swelling bole.
Brunswick Square Gardens, WC1, 2012
The plane standing beside a narrow path in Ravensbury Park is a county champion for the size of its bole.
Ravensbury Park, Merton, 2012
The circumference of the bole and its sharp taper make this a remarkable London plane.
Ravensbury Park, Merton, 2012
London‘s tallest London plane tree here seen across Carshalton ponds, which continue beyond the cars, passing within a few feet of the tree.
Carshalton, LB Sutton Ecology Centre, 2012
Like the majority of huge London planes, this one in Carshalton also sits near water.
Carshalton, LB Sutton Ecology Centre, 2012
The Carshalton plane, when last measured in 1964, was 35.5 m tall, London’s tallest London plane.
Carshalton, LB Sutton Ecology Centre, 2012
The Carshalton plane seen from the garden of the Honeywood Museum.
Carshalton, LB Sutton Ecology Centre, 2012
At first glance this tree seems unspectacular, regardless of its being hidden in ivy. However, see the next photo.
Ravensbury Park, Merton, 2012
Looking at the other side of the tree, it is clearly a very unusual London plane: it has lost its main stem and is now remarkable not only for having grown new stems where the break ocurred, but also at ground level, similar to a coppiced tree. All the stems you see are part of the same tree.
Ravensbury Park, Merton, 2012
The so-called 'elephant trunk' London plane.
Kelsey Park, Beckenham, 2012
Another view of the rather monstrous 'elephant trunk' plane.
Kelsey Park, Beckenham, 2012
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