Plane trees in Alexandra Gardens, Cambridge
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Plane trees in Alexandra Gardens, Cambridge
Image: © Tiger Taken: 1 Jan 2013
A fine stand of London planes (Platanus x hispanica, or in the newer taxonomy P. x acerifolia) in Alexandra Gardens, flanking Carlyle Road. The form of the trees is seen at its best in their leafless state, as on this New Year's Day. The London plane is a hybrid between P. occidentalis and P. orientalis. These trees were planted in 1905 when the gardens (named in honour of Queen Alexandra, consort of Edward VII) were laid out on the site of a former brickfield. Above the housetops can be seen the distinctive broach spire of Image in Victoria Road.
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Image Location
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0.118435