As the snow began to thaw later in December, the Trees Committee of Friends of Lewes continued this season’s programme of planting 45 street trees around Lewes.
On the Winterbourne triangle (below, left), at the junction of Winterbourne Lane and Bell Lane, you are now welcomed by a Liquidambar styraciflua Worplesdon, sponsored by the Inner Wheel Club of Lewes as their contribution to the Queen’s Green Canopy. This tree has beautiful red leaves in Autumn.
In Houndean Rise (below, second), two lovely Acer campestre Elsrijk, (Field Maples), with an attractive “candelabra” shape, have been planted to replace two felled trees.
In Cranedown (below, third), a row of Cherry trees has been extended with a Pyrus calleryana Chanticleer, an Ornamental Pear which has early blossom and holds on to its leaves until late in the year.
Last of all they braved some wintry rain to plant a Sorbus intermedia Brouwers, (Whitebeam), in Newton Road (below, right). This tree was sponsored by the Newton Road residents using funds raised during their Jubilee celebrations in the summer.
Friends of Lewes plant trees at Winterbourne triangle, Houndean Rise, Cranedown, and Newton Road, December 2022
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