Trees
The plans for Albert Square include a number of new trees. Four of the existing large plane trees (Platanus acerifolia) will also be kept.
In February 2024 we completed the first phase of the Albert Square planting. Find out more about it in our New trees as Albert Square improvements take root press release. A series of photographs is included in this album on flickr.com.
Open the album of pictures from the tree planting on flickr.com for images and captions.
There will be a further six trees in beds - or 'soft landscape' - near the fountain, and five new trees will be planted along the side of the Town Hall on Princess Street.
The new trees will be:
- 1 x Paulownia tomentosa (Foxglove tree)
- 2 x Sophora japonica (Japanese Pagoda tree)
- 7 x Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip tree)
- 1 x Nyssa sylvatica (Black Tupelo)
- 1 x Catalpa bignonioides (Indian Bean tree)
- 2 x Prunus yedoensis (Yoshino Cherry)
- 2 x Amelanchier arborea ‘Robin Hill’ (Snowy Mespilus / Juneberry)
- 1 x Davidia involucrata (Handkerchief tree)
- 5 x Liriodendron tulipifera ‘fastigiata’ (Fastigiate Tulip tree)