Although Robert Marnock designed the garden and grounds a lot of the tree life that is currently in the grounds was brought to the gardens by 'Inky' Stephens himself.
Some of the more prominent examples are:
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Horse Chestnut |
Aesculus hippocastanum |
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Blue Atlas Cedar |
Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ |
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Judas Tree |
Cercis siliquastrum |
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Hawthorn |
Crateagus laevigata |
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Pocket Handkerchief Tree |
Davidia involucrata |
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Purple Beech |
Fagus sylvatica ‘Atropurpurea’ |
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Cock’s Comb Beech |
Fagus sylvatica ‘Cristata’ |
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Dawyck Beech |
Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck’ |
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Hornbeam |
Carpinus betulus |
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Fern-Leaved Beech |
Fagus sylvatica ‘Heterophylla’ |
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Weeping Beech |
Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’ |
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Copper Beech |
Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’ |
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Single-leafed Ash |
Fraxinus excelsior ‘Diversifolia’ |
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Golden Ash |
Fraxinus excelsior ‘Jaspidea’ |
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Maidenhair Tree |
Ginkgo biloba |
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Variegated Holly |
Ilex aquifolium ‘Aureo Marginata’ |
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Walnut |
Juglans regia |
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Sweet Gum |
Liquidambar styraciflua |
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Saucer Magnolia |
Magnolia x soulangiana |
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Dawn Redwood |
Metasequoia glyptostroboides |
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Bhutan Pine |
Pinus wallichiana |
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Mulberry |
Morus nigra |
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Plum Fruited Yew |
Podocarpus andinus |
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London Plane |
Platanus x Hispanica |
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Caucasian Wing Nut |
Pteracarya fraxinifolia |
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Turkey Oak |
Quercus cerris |
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Scarlet Oak |
Quercus coccinea |
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Hungarian Oak |
Quercus frainetto |
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Pin Oak |
Quercus palustris |
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Holm Oak |
Quercus ilex |
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English or Common Oak |
Quercus robur |
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Cypress or Pencil Oak |
Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ |
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Red Oak |
Quercus ruba |
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Cut-Leaved Oak |
Quercus robur ‘Filicifolia’ |
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Coast Redwood |
Sequoia sempervirens |
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Turners Oak |
Quercus x Turneri |
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Wellingtonia |
Sequoiadendrun giganteum |
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Swamp Cypress |
Taxodium distichum |
Our Little Book Of Leaves can guide you around the gardens and pinpoint some rare and unusual examples. It is available from the reception in the house for a donation of 50p.
