Common Name: Japanese cedar .jpg)
Name: Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegeans’
One of the few conifers to show autumn colour. The recent cooler evenings have helped it colour well this year. It can be found along the covered walkway into the Zoo.
 Common Name: Spider Lilly Name: Nerine bowdenii
The South African bulb that brings electric pink in to the cooler Mediterranean zone dominated by blues and greys. This popular garden plant can be seen here at the zoo in the South African beds of the Mediterranean garden out side the zoo restaurant
Common Name: Chinese pepper tree 
Name: Zanthoxylem schinifolium
This small tree is fruiting nicely. The red fruit peal to reveal black seed within and fill the air with an aromatic peppery aroma. The seed are can be use as a substitute for black pepper corns. This plant has a wide verity of medicinal uses. This tree can be seen by the public observation window at the vet centre.
 Common Name: Dawn Redwood Name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides
On the flamingo island at the entrance to the zoo the wonderful colour matching, (possibly even clashing) with that of the resident birds. This is a native of china in the wild there are less than 5000 of these beautiful trees left. The dawn redwood is know as one of the living fossil tree meaning that it has been in existence for more than 55 milion year largely unchanged in form. |
