Trewithen

Champion Trees

The glorious garden at Trewithen boasts 24 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 girth. Major gardens and parks throughout Britain and Ireland are inspected to update Champion Tree records - Trewithen's trees have been measured twice in the last five years.

Of the 24 Champions, four are, unfortunately, completely inaccessible - although it is possible to see their canopy. The accessible 20 are clearly named and numbered on the garden guide and marked with an asterisk on their descriptive tags.

 D=Deciduous  E=Evergreen  S=Semi Evergreen

	NAME	ORIGIN	CHAMPION BECAUSE...
1	Photinia prinophylla (E)	West China	height & diameter
2	Amomyrtus luma (E)	Chile	height & diameter
3	Acer cissifolium (D)	Japan	diameter
4	Acer laxiflorum (D)	West China	diameter
5	Reherodendron macrocarpum(D)	West China	height & diameter
6	Magnolia campbellii subsp.mollicomata(D)	South East Tibet	diameter
7	Rhododendron arboreum subsp.cinnamomeum(E)	North East India	height
8	Magnolia kobus(D)	Japan	diameter
9	Stewartia sinensis(D)	Central China	height
10	Ilex cyrtura(E)	South West China	height & diameter
11	Enkianthus chinensis(D)	West China	height & diameter
12	Magnolia campbellii ‘Charles Raffill’(D)	Kew Gardens	height
13	Acer laevigatum	China	only one of its stature
14	Magnolia campbellii  subsp.mollicomata ‘Lanarth’(D)	Lanarth	largest of its type grown from a layer
15	Magnolia sargentiana(D)	West China	diameter
16	Magnolia sprengeri var.diva(D)	Caerhays Castle	diameter
17	Eucryphia cordifolia(E)	Chile	diameter
18	Schima wallichiivar.khasiana (E)	Assam in Burma	height & diameter
19	Schima wallichii subsp.moronhae var.superba (E)	Assam in Burma	diameter
20	Eucryphia moorei(E)	South East Australia	diameter