Champion Trees
“This garden is remarkable not just for the number of magnolias it has but also for their size.” Alys Fowler, Gardener's WorldTrewithen’s botanic gardens boast 18 champion trees. These are trees that have been officially measured by the Tree Register and declared champions for either being the tallest of their type or for having the largest diameter. Major gardens and parks throughout Britain and Ireland are inspected to update champion tree records regularly.
Details of the trees that can be found at Trewithen are shown below.
Name Photinia prinophylla (E) Amomyrtus luma (E) Acer cissifolium (D) Acer laxiflorum (D) Rehderodendron macrocarpum (D) Magnolia campbellii subsp.mollicomata (D) Rhododendron arboreum subsp.cinnamomeum (E) Magnolia kobus (D) Stewartia sinensis (D) Ilex cyrtura (E) Enkianthus chinensis (D) Magnolia campbellii ‘Charles Raffill’ (D) Acer laevigatum Magnolia campbellii subsp.mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ (D) Magnolia sargentiana (D) Magnolia sprengeri var.diva (D) Eucryphia cordifolia (E) Schima wallichiivar.khasiana (E) Schima wallichii subsp.moronhae var.superba (E) Eucryphia moorei (E)
Origin
Champion because…
West China
Height & Diameter
Chile
Height & Diameter
Japan
Diameter
West China
Diameter
West China
Height & Diameter
South East Tibet
Diameter
North East India
Height
Japan
Diameter
Central China
Height
South West China
Height & Diameter
West China
Height & Diameter
Kew Gardens
Height
China
Only one of its stature
Lanarth
Largest of its type grown from a layer
West China
Diameter
Caerhays Castle
Diameter
Chile
Diameter
Assam in Burma
Height & Diameter
Assam in Burma
Diameter
South East Australia
Diameter
