![tree](http://www.catharinehoward.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tree.jpg)
Look up into the hoary upper reaches of
Platanus orientalis var. insularis. A doughty specimen from Crete. Tall as a house in Edinburgh Botanic Gardens.
![tree leaf](http://www.catharinehoward.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tree-leaf2.jpg)
The leaves in summer are caterpillar green with the distinctive baubles of the fruits. The trees in the gardens here can be adopted for a five year stint. When it becomes available, I am after this lovely plane.