Trees gallery - Trelissick - page 1
Near Truro, Cornwall
Trelissick is a National Trust property in Cornwall, not far from Falmouth. It has extensive gardens, with parkland well populated with fine trees collected by explorers. In spring the flowers offered by camellias, magnolia and rhododendron dominate, in summer the borders and the woodland foliage take over, and then autumn leaf colour is glimpsed before the Cornish gales strip through. A team of 3 full time gardeners are supplemented by students and volunteers.
The estate has belonged to John Lawrence (from 1705-1805), Thomas Daniell (to 1844), The Gilberts (to 1899), the Cooksons and Cunliffes (to 1937), the Copelands (to 1955) and then to the National Trust. Carew Gilbert was an explorer who brought back trees from North and South America, Japan and Southern Europe. Ida Copeland introduced hybrid rhododendrons, camellias and white-flowered Japanese cherries. The Trust thickened the protective shelter belt border formed of tall trees and shrubs (over 4.5m) planted in three or four staggered rows and added more rhododendrons, hydrangeas and maples.
Abies koreana
Korean fir
A native of the high mountains in South Korea, this young tree will eventually reach 18m. Young cones are purplish-blue, turning brown and disintegrating to release winged seeds as they age.
Acer palmatum linearilobum atropurpureum
Purple Japanese maple
A cultivar with deeply cut red-purple foliage, turning yellow to orange in the autumn. It can grow up to 8m tall and spread to 6m wide.
Acer palmatum sango-kaku
Coral bark maple
A Japanese maple native to Asia and parts of Russia, with interest throughout the year. Pink leaves in spring, green in summer, then yellow with orange flecks in autumn. The young shoots are a coral red. Can grow to 6m.
Acer tegmentosum white tigress
White tigress maple
An open multi-stemmed deciduous tree with olive-green fissured bark. Green rounded 3-lobed leaves turn yellow and orange tints in autumn. Also called the Manchurian Striped Maple. It will grow 8 - 10m tall. Native to SE Russia, China and Korea.
Callistemon rigidus
Stiff bottlebrush
Not the best time of year to see this plant (May), which in summer has bright red bottlebrush-like flowers and narrow dark green leaves. The pods left behind are still interesting however. A native of Australia, where it is a medium sized evergreen shrub growing to 4 or 5m.
Cedrus deodora
Deodar cedar
Although I didn't find a label on this one, I think it is a deodar, also called the Hungarian cedar. It is a native of the Himalayas. A large tree growing to 50m, distinguished from other cedars by its drooping branches.
Chamaecyparis pisifera squarrosa
Sawara cypress
Introduced to the UK from Japan in the 1840s, it also grows in Taiwan and the USA. It has small pea-like cones and rough needles with stiff bracts modified leaf, often positioned beneath a flower or inflorescence , hence its name pisifera, which means pea-bearing, and squarrosa, stiff bracts.
Clerodendron Trichotomum Fargesii
Harlequin Glory Bower
A native of China, this is a large shrub or small tree. We visited in May, too early for the pink buds, which open into balls of small white star-shaped flowers with a rich fragrance. These later develop into bright blue berries, each surrounded by rich maroon star-shaped calyces plural of calyx, the outer whorl of a flower, consisting of separate or fused sepals .
