Kelburn Country Estate - Trees

Image: © Raibeart MacAoidh Taken: 7 Nov 2020

Monterey Pine This fallen giant was once the tallest and oldest Monterey Pine in Scotland. Monterey Pines are known to be hardy and able to withstand wind forces too strong for other trees, but in 2012, at the ripe old age of 170, it finally met its match. Before it fell it was over 30 metres tall and 2 metres wide. It is now a great tree for kids wee and big to scramble over! Weeping Larch Behind the Monterey Pine is Kelburn's Weeping Larch. The Weeping Larch spreads over about a quarter of an acre and is 180 years old. Its twisted branches have grown out in all directions, sometimes travelling along the ground liked a snake. This Weeping Larch has been recognised as one of the 100 most important ‘heritage’ trees in Scotland, by the Forestry Commission. The two Yew Trees Thought to be over a thousand years old, these two Yew Trees have been recognised by the Forestry Commission as two of the 100 most important heritage trees in Scotland. The Yews have contributed to a unique ‘heritage hedge’, now growing at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The hedge has been created using 2,000 small trees propagated from ancient UK and European Yews. The most notable being from Down House in Kent, home of the legendary naturalist Charles Darwin. Kelburn’s Plaisance (Walled Garden) https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5357085 Kelburn's Trees https://www.kelburnestate.com/2020/09/04/kelburns-collection-of-trees/

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