WFV - Ilkley Town Centre Tree Trail 20 September 2022
It was a fine, still morning as 7 of us met in the Brook Street car park to start another of the Ilkley Tree Trails. These trails are accompanied by a wonderfully illustrated and informative leaflet produced by Sue and Neil Stevens with funding given by the Ilkley BID for the printing. We were also delighted to have Janet joining us for a short while as she is now living nearby. Our first tree of interest was the broad-leaved cockspur thorn whose fearsome thorns provide an excellent defence. In the same area the Norway maple looked magnificent having room to spread and show off what will, in a few short weeks, be spectacular autumn colour. Alice drew our attention to the horizontal coloured bands on the bark of a Japanese flowering cherry, these being sometimes referred to as 'tiger stripes'. A common lime nearby was full of fruit but it was noted that the flowers produce nectar and pollen for insects and aphids are particularly attracted to limes producing honeydew that may d