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Trees gallery - Isles of Scilly - Carreg Dhu
Tucked away in a former ram pit quarry between Hugh Town and Longstone, on St Mary's, is a 1½ acre sub-tropical community garden which hosts many of the species found in the more illustrious Abbey Gardens of Tresco. Started in 1986 by Richard and June Lethbridge, it is run by volunteers, and entry is free! Many of the trees and plants have been donated and nurtured by the volunteers.
Podocarpus henkelii
Henkel's yellowwood
This conifer is listed as girth and height champion of England (Tree register, 2016.). Native to South Africa, it is now endangered in the wild. Named after Caesar Carl Hans Henkel, an Eastern Cape forester (1839–1913).
Acacia melanoxcylon
Australian blackwood
The garden guide lists an acacia grove to the north of the garden, which I think is the tall group I have pictured here. The largest is listed in the tree register as a " remarkable tree". Native to SE Australia
Cedrus atlantica glauca
Blue Atlas Cedar
A spreading blue Atlas cedar, wide rather than tall, perhaps in response to strong winds, not wanting to put it's head above the shelter planting. A native of the Atlas mountains of Morocco.
Callistemon rigidus
Bottle brush
Not the best time of year to see this bottlebrush. A native of Australia, named because of the stiff bright red flowers than appear later, resembling a bottle brush. The clusters of seed pods retain some interest, with last year's pods remaining below this year's emerging flower spikes.
Fagus sylvatica asplenifolia
Cut leaf beech
Also know as the fern-leaved beech, this is a cultivar of the common beech, widely planted in parks and gardens. It is a chimaera, if damaged new growth will usually revert to common beech. It can grow to 17m.
Cedrus deodora
Himalayan cedar
A relatively young deodar cedar - they can reach 60m eventually. Level branches, drooping branchlets, long needles and the classic globous cedar cone. A native of the Himalayan mountain range.
Larix Kaempferi
Japanese larch
I think this larch is Kaempferi, the Japanese larch. A medium to large size deciduous conifer, growing up to 40m. Named after Englebert Kaempfer, a German naturalist 1651-1716. Or it could just be the ordinary European larch?
Leucadendron argenteum
Silver tree
A small silver tree is growing on the north side of the garden, almost luminescent in evening light. Native to the Cape coast in South Africa.
Liriodendron tulipifera aureomarginatum
Tulip tree
A variegated form of the tulip tree growing on the south side of the garden. Introduced to the UK in the early 20th century.
Araucaria araucana
Monkey puzzle
An evergreen tree from Chile and W Argentina. It can grow to 40m - this one is relatively young and well short of its mature size.
There were plenty of leaflets available offering a map and a little background to the garden, held in a box on a post.