Trees
Fulham Cemetery tree map
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New trees 2024
As of 14 January 2024, 36 new trees have been planted:
23 Japanese cherry trees
5 Tai-haku, 6 Shirotae, 3 yedoensis (white blossoms) and 9 Kanzan (pink blossoms)4 crabapples
2 Malus trilobata, 2 Malus sylvestris2 magnolias
2 cedars
Atlantica, Deodara1 Scots pine
2 silver birches
1 Norway maple
1 Indian horse chestnut
View the tree map to see where each type of tree has been planted. Photo album
Existing paths and tree avenues
These layers show the main paved and unpaved paths in the cemetery.
Fulham cemetery has the remnants of several avenues of flowering trees that were probably planted in the mid-20th century. This includes white and pink Japanese cherries, medlars, crabapples, and plum trees. Most of these avenues have lost some or all their trees in the past 20 years.
North western path: Japanese cherry, Prunus Tai-haku "Great White". Was 8-10 trees, only 1 remains.
North central path: Japanese cherry, Prunus Tai-haku "Great White". Only 2 trees remain. Unknown how many there were, but there are at least 5 stumps.
South western path: Pink Japanese cherry, probably Prunus serrulata 'Kanzan'. 6 trees remain, 1 near death. At least 6 stumps.
South eastern, south central, and south path: Medlar, crabappple, and plum avenues. 4 medlar, 3 crabapple, 2 Japanese crab, and 1 plum remain.
Lime & ash avenue: Unlike the flowering avenues, this one is still in rude health. Running the full length of the south half of the cemetery, it changes from lime trees to ash near the top.
Champion trees
This layer shows some of the cemetery's oldest and most impressive trees.
Potential tree locations
This layer shows 50 locations where new trees could be planted.
Water points
The paths layer also shows the location of the water points in the cemetery.
Champion trees of Fulham Cemetery
These are some of Fulham Cemetery's most distinctive trees. They are rapidly disappearing as most of them are approaching their natural lifespan.
"Kanzan" Japanese cherry
The southwest avenue of pink cherry blossoms is one of the cemetery's most distinctive features. 6 trees remain, 1 in poor health. Most of the trees in this photo from 2011 are now gone.
Tai-haku "great white" Japanese cherry
Only 1 of the 3 cherry trees in this photo from 2011 is left, in what used to be an avenue along the northwest path. There are only 3 of these magnificent trees remaining in the cemetery.
"Ukon" Japanese cherry
There is only a single specimen of this tree with its unusual creamy-white, almost greenish blossoms. It grows right behind the large Cross of Sacrifice war memorial.
Purple sycamore
This enormous purple leaved sycamore tree grows right in the centre of the cemetery on the main avenue. In spring it's covered by yellow-green catkin-like flowers.
Japanese crabapple
Several of these showy trees grew along the southeastern path. Only two remain, in poor health. Likely Malus × floribunda Siebold ex Van Houtte.
Medlar trees
4 old medlar fruit trees remain. This one on the south path was cut down in 2022. At least another 4 were lost over the previous 10 years. There are not many medlar trees in London! Medlar fruit
Magnolia & climbing rose
The magnolia blooms in spring and the rose in summer. Underneath there is a secret green room for children to discover.
Zelkova serrata
Also called Japanese elm or keyaki, this large tree with its distinctive saw-toothed leaves is in the north of the cemetery, with a mysterious plaque dedicated to one Spider Baker.
Lost trees
Here are some of the trees lost over the past 20 years.
Weeping cherries
There was a line of these small umbrella-shaped cherry trees along the path from Munster Road. All are gone now.
Crabapple trees
This beautiful lone crabapple grew in the northwest corner of the cemetery. It blew down in early 2024. Along the south path many more crabapples have also been lost.
Cherry tree avenues
These pictures were taken 16 years apart, 2007 and 2023, at the same spot looking north on the south-western path, with the lodge at the end of the path on the left. Only 3 of the 10 "Kanzan" pink cherry trees in the first picture remain.
Note: this area is currently affected by a fungus, which is why there have been no new trees planted here.
More cherry trees planned!
Fulham Cemetery Friends hope to gradually restore these cherry tree avenues with new plantings. 23 new cherry trees were planted in 2024, but there are still many gaps in the erstwhile avenues.
In March 2024 we received agreement in principle from the Sakura Project for a grant of an additional 16 cherry trees, to be planted in winter 2025/26, at the locations shown.
Tree database
Fulham Cemetery Friends maintains a database of all new trees planted in the cemetery. The plan is to add all trees to the database eventually, to make it easier for the public to find out information about them.