Berkeley Square lined with plane trees

Berkeley Square houses a great many ancient plane trees. They actually line the square.

Not a native tree, it is very distinctive by its khaki camouflage-patterned bark.

It was first discovered in Vauxhall in the mid-17th century. Interestingly the plane tree is a mix of the American sycamore tree and the Oriental plane tree

These two trees making voyages from opposite sides of our earth came to England but at distinctly different times. The Oriental Plane arriving near or before the mid 1500's whereas the American Sycamore tree did not enter London until the late 1600's.

But the two trees planted side by side created the London plane tree. And now it accounts for over half of all trees in London.

   

Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other.  1 Thessalonians 5:13