Giant Redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum)

Giant Redwood by John Whitehead

A native of the mountains of California where one of the trees, called 'General Sherman', is the largest individual living thing on earth and is estimated to weigh 2,000 tonnes. The spongy reddish bark is resistant to forest fires.

The species was introduced to Britain by William Lobb in 1853. The tree at Glynllifon was planted by the Hon. Frederick Wynn in 1880 and by 2003 it measured 5 metres in girth. 

• Copper Beech (Fagus Sylvatica F. Purpurea)
• Pink Himalayan Rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum var. roseum)
• Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata 'Fastigiata')
• Red Oak (Quercus Rubra)
• Mediterranean Evergreen Oak or Holm Oak (Quercus Ilex)
• Blue Lawson Cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Triomf van Boskoop')
• Chile Pine or Monkey Puzzle (Araucaria Araucana)
• Bamboo-leaf Oak (Quercus Myrsinifolia)
• Giant Redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
• Red Horse Chestnut (Aesculus x Carnea)
• Golden King Holly (Ilex x Altaclerensis)
• Golden Lombardy (Populus Nigra)
• Bardsey Island Apple (Malus Domestica)
• Variegated Sycamore (Acer Pseudoplatanus 'Simon Louis Freres')
• Silver Birch (Betula pendula)
• Atlas Cedar (Cedrus Atlantica)
• Beech (Fagus Sylvatica)
• The Common Oak (Quercus Robur)