Newton Wood

Ramsons provide a lush carpet on the floor of Newton Woods taking full advantage of the lack of tree cover in early Spring. This area of Newton Woods has been cleared by the National Trust of non-native sycamore trees allowing much more light to reach the wood floor and encouraging the growth of ash and oak which support much more variety of species. The Ramsons do not yet have the distinctive small white flowers or indeed the smell, which gives the plant its other common name of Wild Garlic.